Refactor installation of F# for IDEs and simpify F# .NET CLI guide #6299
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Jul 3, 2018
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| ## Next steps | ||
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| Next, checkout the [Tour of F#](../tour.md) to learn more about different F# features. |
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checkout --> check out (though personally I prefer "see")
| # Get Started with F# in Visual Studio Code | ||
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| You can write F# in [Visual Studio Code](https://code.visualstudio.com) with the [Ionide plugin](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Ionide.Ionide-fsharp), to get a great cross-platform, lightweight Integrated Development Environment (IDE) experience with IntelliSense and basic code refactorings. Visit [Ionide.io](http://ionide.io) to learn more about the plugin suite. | ||
| You can write F# in [Visual Studio Code](https://code.visualstudio.com) with the [Ionide plugin](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Ionide.Ionide-fsharp), to get a great cross-platform, lightweight Integrated Development Environment (IDE) experience with IntelliSense and basic code refactorings. Visit [Ionide.io](http://ionide.io) to learn more about the plugin. |
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| # Installing F# # | ||
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| There are multiple ways to install F# depending on your environment. |
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| There are multiple ways to install F# depending on your environment. | ||
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| ## Installing F# with Visual Studio |
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Generally, instead of future tense, it's best to use present tense throughout.
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| Ionide uses [Mono](http://www.mono-project.com). The easiest way to install Mono on macOS is via Homebrew. Simply type the following into your terminal: | ||
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should this be ```console?
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| On Linux, Ionide also uses [Mono](https://www.mono-project.com). If you're on Debian or Ubuntu, you can use the following: | ||
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The metadata is appearing as text on the built page. There should be three hyphens instead of two to delimit the metadata section.
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This moves the installation steps into a separate article and each get started guide links to that.
This was based on looking at the F#/VS and F#/VSCode articles, finding that on a laptop, you need to scroll a bit before you even start to see some code.