Setting up Visual Studio Code for Python development Click on the Extensions icon in the Activity Bar on the side of the window (it looks like four squares). In the search bar, type “Python”.

Note that running Python through VS Code’s debugger incurs a performance penalty. If you’re gathering performance metrics on your code, be sure you run Python with debugging disabled (e.g ...

Python libraries are pre-written collections of code designed to simplify programming by providing ready-made functions for specific tasks. They eliminate the need to write repetitive code and ...