Setting up your Development Environment

Aptos Move is fully supported on the two most popular IDEs for software development: VSCode and IntelliJ IDEA.

Both of them have multiple extensions and plugins that support basic features like syntax highlighting and error messages, though they differ in their additional features. Whatever IDE you choose, you'll need to use the terminal to run your programs.

VSCode

• VSCode is a free and open source IDE from Microsoft.
• Aptos Move Analyzer is a language server extension for Move maintained by Movebit.

IntelliJ IDEA

• IntelliJ IDEA is a commercial IDE from JetBrains.
• Move Language Plugin by Pontem Network.

GitHub CodeSpaces

The Web-based IDE from GitHub can be run right in the browser and provides almost a full-featured VSCode experience.

• GitHub Codespaces gets you up and coding faster with fully configured, secure cloud development environments native to GitHub.
• Aptos Move Analyzer is a language server extension for Move maintained by Movebit.

Once you're done setting up your development environment, you can start writing smart contracts.