Install and Update Salesforce Extensions for Visual Studio Code Salesforce Extensions for Visual Studio Code is the successor to the IDE plug-in for Eclipse for Salesforce development on the desktop. Visual Studio Code is a powerful editor that is highly customizable and cross-platform. sfdx updateYou should see output like sfdx-cli: Updating CLI.

Confirm Salesforce CLI is properly installed by opening Command Prompt on Windows or Terminal on macOS and running the following command from the command line.

With it you can easily create environments for development and testing, synchronize source code between your orgs and source control, and execute tests.

Use Salesforce CLI to control the full application lifecycle of your Salesforce apps. If you are new to Visual Studio Code, we recommend that you complete the Quick Start: Visual Studio Code for Salesforce Development project before you go on. In this step, you install and configure the necessary tools to run Apex Replay Debugger. The extensions require: Visual Studio Code, Salesforce CLI, and Java 11 or 8.

Apex Replay Debugger is part of the Salesforce Extension Pack for Visual Studio Code.

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