# Getting Started with the AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio Code
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The AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio Code makes your AWS services and resources available, directly from your VS Code integrated development environment (IDE).

To get you started, the following topics describe how to set up, install, and configure the AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio Code.

**Topics**
+ [Installing the AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio Code](setup-toolkit.md)
+ [Connecting to AWS](connect.md)
+ [Changing AWS Regions](setup-region.md)
+ [Configuring your toolchain](setup-toolchain.md)