In this article, we’ll set you up with the bare minimum — a text editor and some modern web browsers.
Installing a text editor
You probably already have a basic text editor on your computer. By default Windows includes Notepad and macOS comes with TextEdit. Linux distros vary; the Ubuntu 22.04 LTS release comes with GNOME Text Editor by default.
For web development, you can probably do better than Notepad or TextEdit. We recommend starting with Visual Studio Code, which is a free editor, that offers live previews and code hints.
Installing modern web browsers
For now, we’ll install a couple of desktop web browsers to test our code in. Choose your operating system below and click the relevant links to download installers for your favorite browsers:
- Linux: Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Brave.
- Windows: Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Microsoft Edge, Brave (Windows 10 comes with Edge by default; otherwise, you should install an alternative browser).
- macOS: Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari, Brave (macOS and iOS come with Safari by default).
Before going on, you should install at least two of these browsers and have them ready for testing.
Installing a local web server
Some examples will need to be run by a web server to work successfully. You can find out how to do this in How do you set up a local testing server?
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