Adding Julia to PATH on Windows

[eliascarv]

Hello, I’m a beginner in programming with the Julia language and I have a question. Is adding Julia to PATH on Windows 10 really necessary?
If I don’t, won’t my Julia code run on VSCode or Jupyter?
P.S. Sorry for my English.

[anon74562486]

Add the julia path in VS code (or Atom) settings.
Then with alt+enter julia works inside VS code and you get inline execution.

[Shuhua]

No need to add Julia to PATH in order to access it in VS code or Jupyter.

If you installed Julia into a standard location on Mac or Windows, or if the Julia binary is on your PATH , the Julia VS Code extension automatically finds your Julia installation.
Getting Started · Julia in VS Code

But if you want to use Julia in the command line on Windows 10 (e.g., for convenient tests and documentation), you may refer to the following link

Windows terminal announcement

For those who may be interested in integrating Julia with Windows terminal. After Windows terminal is launched, go to setting (Unlike mine, you should only have a Windows PowerShell entry by default ) [image] A JSON configuration file will be opened with some editor (for me, it is VS Code). In the “list” items, we see the default entry for Windows Powershell. Next, we will add an entry for Julia. [image] Copy the entry of Windows Powershell and paste it below (still inside “lis…

[eliascarv]

Thanks for the answer! This helped a lot to clarify my doubt.

[johnh]

@eliascarv I usr Julia on Windows. I always give this advice - please use the Chocolatey package manager to install and update Julia. It really does solve a lot of the problems reported here.
If you are having problems with VSCode please report them in this shtread and we will try to help.
May I ask what you are using Julia for?

Chocolatey - The package manager for Windows

[eliascarv]

Of course! I am a student of Production Engineering. I am studying Julia for applications in Mathematical Optimization and Data Analysis / Data Science.