Add VS Code tasks and setup instructions for local builds

.vscode/tasks.json

@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+{
+  "version": "2.0.0",
+  "tasks": [
+    {
+      "label": "Xcode: Check Toolchain",
+      "type": "shell",
+      "command": "xcode-select",
+      "args": [
+        "-p"
+      ],
+      "options": {
+        "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}"
+      },
+      "presentation": {
+        "reveal": "always",
+        "panel": "shared",
+        "clear": true
+      },
+      "problemMatcher": []
+    },
+    {
+      "label": "Xcode: Build Debug",
+      "type": "shell",
+      "command": "xcodebuild",
+      "args": [
+        "-project",
+        "${workspaceFolder}/LidAngleSensor.xcodeproj",
+        "-scheme",
+        "LidAngleSensor",
+        "-configuration",
+        "Debug",
+        "-destination",
+        "platform=macOS",
+        "-derivedDataPath",
+        "${workspaceFolder}/build",
+        "CODE_SIGNING_ALLOWED=NO",
+        "build"
+      ],
+      "options": {
+        "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}"
+      },
+      "group": {
+        "kind": "build",
+        "isDefault": true
+      },
+      "presentation": {
+        "reveal": "always",
+        "panel": "shared",
+        "clear": true
+      },
+      "problemMatcher": "$gcc"
+    },
+    {
+      "label": "Xcode: Run App",
+      "type": "shell",
+      "command": "open",
+      "args": [
+        "${workspaceFolder}/build/Build/Products/Debug/LidAngleSensor.app"
+      ],
+      "options": {
+        "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}"
+      },
+      "dependsOn": [
+        "Xcode: Build Debug"
+      ],
+      "dependsOrder": "sequence",
+      "presentation": {
+        "reveal": "always",
+        "panel": "shared",
+        "clear": false
+      },
+      "problemMatcher": []
+    },
+    {
+      "label": "Xcode: Clean",
+      "type": "shell",
+      "command": "xcodebuild",
+      "args": [
+        "-project",
+        "${workspaceFolder}/LidAngleSensor.xcodeproj",
+        "-scheme",
+        "LidAngleSensor",
+        "-configuration",
+        "Debug",
+        "-destination",
+        "platform=macOS",
+        "-derivedDataPath",
+        "${workspaceFolder}/build",
+        "clean"
+      ],
+      "options": {
+        "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}"
+      },
+      "presentation": {
+        "reveal": "always",
+        "panel": "shared",
+        "clear": true
+      },
+      "problemMatcher": "$gcc"
+    }
+  ]
+}

README.md

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 According to [this issue](https://github.com/samhenrigold/LidAngleSensor/issues/12), building requires having Xcode installed. I've only tested this on Xcode 26. YMMV.
 
+## Using VS Code
+
+You can use VS Code as your editor and task runner, but you still need the full `Xcode.app` toolchain installed for `xcodebuild`.
+
+1. Install Xcode from the App Store.
+2. Point the active developer directory to Xcode:
+
+```shell
+sudo xcode-select -s /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer
+sudo xcodebuild -runFirstLaunch
+```
+
+3. Open this folder in VS Code.
+4. Run `Terminal > Run Task` and use one of the bundled tasks:
+   - `Xcode: Check Toolchain`
+   - `Xcode: Build Debug`
+   - `Xcode: Run App`
+   - `Xcode: Clean`
+
+Build artifacts are written to `build/`, which is ignored by git.
+
 ## Installation
 
 Via Homebrew: