Code Editors

This section describes the steps to install and configure the following code editors:

• IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition
• Visual Studio Code
• Cursor

These editors are widely used in the software development industry and offer a variety of features that facilitate code writing, debugging, and management.

Visual Studio Code Installation

For more details, you can visit the official Visual Studio Code website at https://code.visualstudio.com/

macOS

Installing visual-studio-code with brew

brew install --cask visual-studio-code

After installation, you can find Visual Studio Code in the "Applications" folder and run it from there.

Windows

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First you need to install Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL).

Follow the instructions at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install

• Visit the official Visual Studio Code website at https://code.visualstudio.com/.
• Click the Download for Windows button to download the installer.
• Run the downloaded file to start the installation process.
• An installation window will appear.
  • Follow the steps in the installation wizard, accepting the license terms and selecting configuration options according to your preferences.
• After completing the installation, you can start Visual Studio Code from the start menu or from the desktop shortcut.

Linux

Not officially supported

Linux is not officially supported at LATAM Airlines.

• Open a terminal on your Linux system.

• Add the Visual Studio Code repository with the following command (you can use curl or wget to download the installation script):

  Installation on Ubuntu/Debian

  # Trust Microsoft GPG key
  curl https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | gpg --dearmor > microsoft.gpg
  sudo install -o root -g root -m 644 microsoft.gpg /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/
  
  # Configure VS Code repository
  sudo sh -c 'echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/vscode stable main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscode.list'
  
  # Update repository information
  sudo apt update
  
  # Install Visual Studio Code
  sudo apt install code

  • Once installed, you can start Visual Studio Code from the applications menu or by running code in the terminal.

Cursor Installation

Cursor is a code editor based on Visual Studio Code with built-in AI capabilities. It is compatible with VS Code extensions and shortcuts, so it will feel familiar if you already use that editor.

For more details, you can visit the official Cursor website at https://cursor.com/download

macOS

Installing cursor with brew

brew install --cask cursor

After installation, you can find Cursor in the "Applications" folder and run it from there.

Windows

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First you need to install Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL).

Follow the instructions at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install

• Visit the official Cursor website at https://cursor.com/download.
• Click the download button for Windows and run the downloaded installer.
• An installation window will appear.
  • Follow the steps in the installation wizard, accepting the license terms and selecting configuration options according to your preferences.
• After completing the installation, you can start Cursor from the start menu or from the desktop shortcut.

Linux

Not officially supported

Linux is not officially supported at LATAM Airlines.

• Visit https://cursor.com/download and download the package for Linux (AppImage or .deb, depending on your distribution).

• For AppImage:

  Installation with AppImage

  chmod +x cursor-*.AppImage
  ./cursor-*.AppImage

• For Debian/Ubuntu with .deb:

  Installation with .deb package

  sudo dpkg -i cursor_*_amd64.deb
  sudo apt-get install -f

• Once installed, you can start Cursor from the applications menu or by running cursor in the terminal.

IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition Installation

IntelliJ IDEA is an intelligent and context-sensitive IDE for working with Java and other JVM languages like Kotlin, Scala, and Groovy in all types of applications.

macOS

Installing intellij-idea with brew

brew install --cask intellij-idea

Windows

note

First you need to install Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL).

Follow the instructions at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install

• Download link: https://www.jetbrains.com/es-es/idea/download/#section=windows

Linux

Not officially supported

Linux is not officially supported at LATAM Airlines.

Installing intellij-idea-community with snap

sudo snap install intellij-idea-community --classic

• Once installed, you can start IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition from the applications menu or by running intellij-idea-community in the terminal.

Local Environment Configuration

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In each project, the local profile option must be configured.

In the menu Run → Edit Configuration add the value -Dspring.profiles.active=local in the Environment variables option.