Python in Visual Studio Code

This tutorial will focus on the setting of Python in Visual Studio Code.

Step 1: Download The Required Software

• Python Installer https://www.python.org/downloads/
• Visual Studio Code Installer https://code.visualstudio.com/

Step 2: Installing Visual Studio Code & Python

By click the installers to install Python and Visual Studio Code. Then choose the default configuration(next, next, and next)

Step 3: Install the Python extension for VS Code.

Click Extension icon. And input “Python extension for VS Code” to search the extension. Then, install(or reload) it.

Step 4: Creating a VS Code project folder Creating a folder to your preferred path. Open this folder from VS Code.

File ==> Open Folder

Step 5: Checking the Python

Open a New Terminal,

Type the command “py -V” to check python version. If the version is the installed version from Step 2 (On my PC, it is 3.7.2), then go to the next step.

Step 6: Select a Python interpreter

Open the Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P). And type the Python: Select Interpreter command to search. Then, select the command.

Step 7: Create a Python source file

Click the New File button:

Name it test.py and input the following code, and save the file.

greetingMsg = “Welcome to python world”

print(greetingMsg)

Step 8: Run the source file

Right-click in the editor and select Run Python File in Terminal(在終端機中執行Python檔案):

And the result will display on the terminal window:

If you see the above result, then your python developing environment is ready. Have a fun with Python programming!.

References:
[1] https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/python/python-tutorial
[2] https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/languages/python

Originally published at yunlinsong.blogspot.com on February 2, 2019.