# What's the best Julia Editor?
**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/whats-the-best-julia-editor/98060
**Category:** General Usage
**Tags:** question
**Created:** [April 28, 2023, 8:47pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/whats-the-best-julia-editor/98060 "2023-04-28T20:47:21Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@Leon6](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Leon6)
#### Post date: [April 28, 2023, 8:47pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/whats-the-best-julia-editor/98060/1 "2023-04-28T20:47:21Z")
I used to use Atom/Juno for my Julia programming purposes. However, it seems that Atom is being sunsetted. What is the best alternative?
Many thanks.
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### Author:  [@jar1](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jar1)
#### Post date: [April 28, 2023, 9:09pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/whats-the-best-julia-editor/98060/2 "2023-04-28T21:09:02Z")
[https://www.julia-vscode.org/](https://www.julia-vscode.org/)
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### Author:  [@Leon6](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Leon6)
#### Post date: [April 28, 2023, 10:25pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/whats-the-best-julia-editor/98060/3 "2023-04-28T22:25:02Z")
Many thanks for the recommendation! I’ll give it a try.
> **[GitHub - julia-vscode/julia-vscode: Julia extension for Visual Studio Code](https://github.com/julia-vscode/julia-vscode#installing-juliavs-codevs-code-julia-extension)**
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> Julia extension for Visual Studio Code
### Installing Julia/VS Code/VS Code Julia extension
1. Install Julia for your platform: [Installing Julia](https://julialang.org/downloads/)
2. Install VS Code for your platform: [Download Visual Studio Code - Mac, Linux, Windows](https://code.visualstudio.com/download) At the end of this step you should be able to start VS Code.
3. Choose `Install` in the [VS Code Marketplace](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=julialang.language-julia); or paste in browser’s address bar to open this direct VS Code link `vscode:extension/julialang.language-julia` or manually install with:
4. Start VS Code.
5. Inside VS Code, go to the extensions view either by executing the `View: Show Extensions` command (click View-\>Command Palette…) or by clicking on the extension icon on the left side of the VS Code window.
6. In the extensions view, simply search for the term `julia` in the marketplace search box, then select the extension named `Julia` and click the install button. You might have to restart VS Code after this step.
### Configure the Julia extension
If you have installed Julia into a standard location on Mac or Windows, or if the Julia binary is on your `PATH`, the Julia VS Code extension should automatically find your Julia installation and you should not need to configure anything.
If the extension does not find your Julia installation automatically, or if you want to use a different Julia installation than the default one, you can set the `julia.executablePath` to point to the Julia executable that the extension should use. In that case the extension will always use that version of Julia. To edit your configuration settings, execute the `Preferences: Open User Settings` command (you can also access it via the menu `File->Preferences->Settings`), and then make sure your user settings include the `julia.executablePath` setting. The format of the string should follow your platform specific conventions, and be aware that the backlash `\` is the escape character in JSON, so you need to use `\\` as the path separator character on Windows.
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### Author:  [@Leon6](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Leon6)
#### Post date: [April 28, 2023, 10:50pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/whats-the-best-julia-editor/98060/4 "2023-04-28T22:50:46Z")
Would anyone please help me with one question?
Why does it show Julia`v1.38.2` in VS code when I installed V1.8.5 on my Mac OS?
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### Author:  [@nilshg](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/nilshg)
#### Post date: [April 28, 2023, 11:01pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/whats-the-best-julia-editor/98060/5 "2023-04-28T23:01:12Z")
1.38.2 is the version of the extension, which is a different piece of software from Julia and therefore has its own version number unrelated to the Julia version.
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### Author:  [@Leon6](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Leon6)
#### Post date: [April 28, 2023, 11:11pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/whats-the-best-julia-editor/98060/7 "2023-04-28T23:11:15Z")
Very interesting! Many thanks for pointing that out.