Installing Wazi for VS Code
Follow this procedure to set up Wazi for VS Code on your workstation.
Note: For more information about installing and configuring the requisite host components, refer to the instructions on installing and configuring host components.
Procedure overview
Get the latest version of Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code)
Install the prerequisites (a Java™ 8 runtime environment as a minimum)
(Optional) Install integrations, such as installing IBM® RSE API Plug-in for Zowe™ CLI, to interact with z/OS® systems
Privacy notice
IBM Z® Open Editor is free to download, but we ask you to provide us feedback via the various means available including:
Provide a review in the VS Code Marketplace
Keep the built-in telemetry and crash reports enabled
This editor uses Microsoft VS Code's Telemetry solution that collects telemetry data, which is used to help understand how to improve the product. While we appreciate the insights this data provides, we also know that not everyone wants to send usage data and you can disable telemetry as described in Disable Telemetry Reporting. You can also read IBM's General Privacy Statement to learn more about our policies.
This current release of IBM Z Open Editor will collect anonymous data for the following events:
Activation of this VS Code extension
Opening and closing files of a specific language such as COBOL, PL/I, HLASM, JCL
Resolving of include files: success or failure
Using common language server operations such as code completion, references, definition, rename
Starting a user build
Deactivation of this VS Code extension
Each such event is logged with the following information:
Event time
Operating system and version
Country or region
Anonymous user and session ID
The type of editor VS Code or Eclipse Theia
Version numbers of Microsoft VS Code and IBM Z Open Editor
The name of the Z programming language used
The name of the operation performed