[Docs]: Getting started - VS Code

[mattias-m-andersson]

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• Getting started - VS Code

The problem

On the page getting started vscode the "getting started" is brought to an immediate halt on "Install Playwright" with the following error message i VS Code Terminal.

PS C:\Dev\Playwright> npm init playwright@latest --yes -- --quiet --browser=chromium --browser=firefox --browser=webkit --gha npm: The term 'npm' is not recognized as a name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or executable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.

Nowhere is there a mention the need for the package manager NPM, or how to install it.

How I got into it...

After listening to this episode of podcast .NET Rocks, where it is mentioned that "... give it 7 minutes and try it out", I was wo exited to get started.

Description

Clearly state the dependencies and guilde me through the process of getting there.
Also how to trouble shoot common errors would be nice.

[vladkrasn]

Npm is a Node.js thing.

For .NET, see this https://playwright.dev/dotnet/docs/intro

[Skn0tt]

Right, the VS Code Extension is only meant for usage with Node.js Playwright. I'll see what we can do to make this more clear.