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”.

If you haven’t already set up and familiarized yourself with Visual Studio Code, that’s your first step. Check out InfoWorld’s guide to setting up VS Code .

Other highlights of the release as presented by Microsoft -- with links for full information -- include: Include, exclude, and ignore paths can now be provided for Pylance: Pylance now lets users ...

But before we do that, we need to install the Python Extension in VS Code. To do so, open Visual Studio Code and click on the Extensions icon. Now, search for “Python” and install Microsoft ...

Microsoft's Python in Visual Studio Code tool dev team announced a new experimental extension for setting up Python environments with an unusual name: WWBD, standing for "What Would Brett Do?" for ...

VS Code 1.44 also brings the latest work Microsoft has been doing to improve remote development via its Remote Development extension pack, which allows users to open folders and set up a full ...

One drawback with Python extension for VS Code is the lack of a general setup process, like a wizard, for creating a new Python project and configuring all of its elements.

For example my VS Code setup includes a Python extension so I can code and debug in Python, a set of Microsoft Azure extensions so I can manage my cloud services, PlatformIO to allow me to program ...