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If you've used Treehouse's workspaces,
you've probably used the preview button
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which opens your index.html page in
another tab of your web browser.
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Workspaces actually runs
a web server as well, so
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that the page acts just like
one you'd put up on the web.
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However, when you have your
files on your own computer,
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you won't be viewing them through a web
server, unless you've set one up.
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However, you can preview a webpage by
opening the index.html file in a browser.
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Here in VS Code I have some code for
a webpage.
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To open it in a browser, I can use my
computer's file explorer to find the file
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on my computer and double click it.
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Your computer should know to open
an HTML file in a browser by default.
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That works,
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but VS Code offers an easy way to find
the file on my computer and open it.
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I could always right click on the file
name and choose Reveal in Finder, and
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then double click the file I
want to open in my browser.
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But I can also right click on the file and
choose Copy Path.
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Then I can open a browser like Chrome or
Firefox.
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Let's close all this really quick,
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and I can use Command or
Ctrl+V to copy the path into my browser.
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And when I press Enter,
the browser displays my project.
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To make a change to my file and
preview those changes,
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I can go back to Visual Studio Code,
make a change.
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Save, then go back to my browser and
refresh, and there are my changes.
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You now know enough about text editors to
start coding way on your own projects.
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But there are many more cool
things a text editor can do
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to help you be more organized and
productive.
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Some features come automatically
with your text editor, and
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some features are extras
that you'll need to install.
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We'll learn more about both
in the upcoming videos.
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