The answer to the above question is no, it is not compulsory to have a code editor for writing your frontend code you can use any kind of text editor like notepad for writing your code but having a code editor is very useful because it is designed specifically to help developers with coding.
Why use Visual Studio Code?
Open-source software is software whose source code is publically accessible under a license in which the owner gives permission to users to see or modify the code and they can distribute the source code to anyone for any purpose.(alert-success)
Cross-platform software is that software that is designed to work on several computing platforms like Windows, macOS, and Linux. Example: Visual Studio Code, Firefox, Chrome, etc.(alert-success)
I hope you get some basic idea of a code editor and Visual Studio Code. You can also go through some frequently asked doubt related to the code editor and Visual Studio Code.
Now let's start with the download and installing the part. First, follow the link given below and download the Visual Studio Code (stable build) for your Operating like Windows, macOS, or Linux.
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Install the downloaded application on your system like you install any other software for Windows simply double click on it and you will see the below interface. You just need to choose 'I accept the agreement' and click on the Next few times then click on Install.
Prettier is a code formatter that enforces a consistent style by parsing your code and re-printing it with its own rules that take the maximum line length into account, wrapping code when necessary.(alert-success)
After the installation is done, click on the Settings icon from the lower-left corner and search for 'Default Formatter' setting and from the drop-down list choose the extension you have just installed as shown in the below image.
Now VS Code should use the Prettier extension to format your code but if you want your code to get formatted automatically then you can do one more set.
Search for the 'Format On Save' setting in the search bar and tick the check box as shown below so VS Code will automatically format your code whenever you save your file.
The last but very important extension which I personally found very useful is the Live Server extension. It launches the development local server with a live reload feature for static and dynamic web pages.
It means you don't need to refresh the web browser again and again to see the changes you have made in your code. You will find this so useful when you will start writing a lot of code for designing your web page.
To see your changes parallelly while writing the code, you can split your screen into two half as shown below.
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