Setting up a Ballerina environment
Setting up Ballerina is as easy as installing and running the Ballerina installer, which can be downloaded from the Ballerina website. In this section, we will discuss how to install the Ballerina development environment and setting up VS Code as the code editor.
Downloading and installing Ballerina
Ballerina is supported by the Windows, Linux, and macOS operating systems. You can download the installer from the official Ballerina download page (ballerina.io):
Installation from the installer is as easy as double-clicking on the installer and following the instructions. If you install Ballerina using the installer, there are no pre-requisites to install the Ballerina compiler on your computer.
If you are installing Ballerina from the source code, you must first install the Java Development Kit (JDK) on your computer. You can download OpenJDK 11 from the download page at https...