Central Ohio Salesforce Developer user group conducted a free workshop to setup your developer tools. Bradley Large walked us through setting up our dev tools for SFDC development. Sponsored by Cyrtene.

1. Free Workshop-Setup your Dev tools &
Summer Release highlights!

2. Introductions
Host : Yogesh R ; https://twitter.com/yogeshr;
https://www.linkedin.com/in/yogeshr
Co-Hosts : Shastri S
Brad Large www.linkedin.com/in/bradlarge
SPONSORS :

3. How to Setup VSCode for Salesforce
◦Six Months - No Setup
◦Requirements
◦VSCode, Salesforce CLI, Extension Pack
◦Authenticate
◦Play
◦Resources
Agenda

4. Install VSCode and Salesforce CLI
Excuse me, Capt. Obvious…
◦ Install VSCode
◦ https://code.visualstudio.com/
◦ Install the Salesforce CLI for the appropriate operating system
◦ Available for Windows, Mac, Linux
◦ https://developer.salesforce.com/tools/sfdxcli
◦ Install the Salesforce Extension Pack in VSCode

5. Setup VSCode for Development
You can use a Trailhead Playground, Dev, Prod Org
You need a username and password to authenticate
Once authenticated you can execute code/deploy
using the terminal

6. Authenticate
Command + Shift + P on Mac or Ctrl + Shift + P - Opens the terminal
>SFDX: Authorize an Org
Press enter to accept the default login url or enter custom login url
Enter your login credentials
Allow the Org
Close browser, check VSCode output window for authentication/integration success

7. Create, Query, Deploy with Ease
SFDX: = Possibility
Given a snippet like the one below you can highlight the SOQL query
And execute it from the terminal.
You can also deploy code directly to the dev environment
public with sharing class AccountController {
public static List<Account> getAllActiveAccounts() {
return [SELECT Id,Name,Active__c FROM Account WHERE Active__c = 'Yes'];
}
}

8. Resources
Trailhead Project -
https://trailhead.salesforce.com/content/learn/projects/quickstart-vscode-salesforce?trail_id=force_com_dev_beginner
Downloads -
https://code.visualstudio.com/
https://developer.salesforce.com/tools/sfdxcli
Resources/Toys -
https://developer.salesforce.com/developer-tools