This guide assumes you’re a windows user with zero tech knowledge.

if you’re on Apple/Linux it’s easier and 90% the same process, If I have enough demand will do a dedicated version of this guide.

• there’s heavy handholding in it, it’s on purpose, if you’re a fair bit more technical feel free to skim through.
• This guide is not an endorsement or legal advice, it’s only aiming at sharing publicly available information.
• Running your own Front End comes with a bunch of benefits and this guide will use Aave as an example, but most real DeFi has Open source front ends, if your favorite protocol does not have an open-source front end website, feel free to ask them to publish their frontend code.

<aside> ⚠️ every text that look like this in this guide is meant to be copied & pasted into your terminal.

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type cmd in the windows search bar, right-click, and execute as administrator

wsl —install

reboot your computer

it will take a while feel free to prepare your favorite coffee/matcha or whatever brings u joy meanwhile.

when it’s ready you’ll see this

just follow the instruction and configure your ubuntu user account.

once done, type sudo code

Visual studio code just launched. (if not here’s the install link https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/fr/downloads/ )