In this chapter, we covered the installation and configuration process for the development tooling we will use to start working with WebAssembly. We discussed how to install Git, Node.js, and VS Code quickly and easily using a package manager for your operating systems (for example, Homebrew for macOS). The steps to configure VS Code were presented as well as the required and optional extensions you can add to enhance the development experience. We discussed how to install a local web server for testing and how to validate your browser to ensure that WebAssembly is supported. Finally, we briefly reviewed some additional tools you can install for your platform to aid in development. 

In Chapter 4, Installing the Required Dependencies, we'll install the required dependencies and test out the toolchain.