To install Cocos Creator, you first need to download the Cocos Dashboard. The Cocos Dashboard is the launcher and version-management tool for Cocos Creator and helps you easily manage multiple versions of Cocos Creator and your projects.
Download Cocos Dashboard
Official download link:
https://www.cocos.com/creator-download
This downloads the Cocos Dashboard; after installation you can use it to manage versions of Cocos Creator and your projects. You need to register an account and log in—I discovered I had registered a Cocos account a long time ago but couldn’t remember when. One thing’s for sure: it definitely wasn’t originally for developing WeChat Mini Games.
After installing Cocos Dashboard, simply download Cocos Creator from within it.
Difference Between Cocos Dashboard and Cocos Creator
- Cocos Dashboard (launcher): Creator version management, project management, engine download/update
- Cocos Creator (editor): scene editing, code writing (implementing TypeScript/JavaScript logic), asset creation, build and publish
Create a Hello World Project
Click to create a new project, choose a template (for example, Hello World), enter the project name and path, and click Create.
Click the Run button at the top to see the Hello World output in the browser.
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