How to set up Python in VS Code?

Question

I'm new to python (and in coding in general). I'd like to ask some help to set up python on VS Code. I've tried to follow several guides but none of them were really helpful.

The following have been downloaded:

Python 3.6
VS Code
Python extensions

This is a very broad question and hard to answer. If you make some more progress on your own then perhaps you can instead post a question to specific problems that you encounter. — feedMe
– feedMe, Commented Feb 26, 2017 at 18:16

Zroq · Accepted Answer · 2017-02-26 18:21:16Z

3

1) Install VS Code

2) Go to View > Command Palette

3) Type ext install and click on Install Extensions

4) Search for Python and install it

5) Reload VS

6) Start coding

answered Feb 26, 2017 at 18:21

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Tom Horvath Over a year ago

Thanks Zroq. Can you please explain these json files: launch, setting, tasks. Also, I've read many forums where they suggested to declare the path and setup these files.

TwoUnderscorez · Accepted Answer · 2017-08-16 18:18:11Z

This worked for me:

.vscode/settings.json:

{
    "python.linting.pylintEnabled": false,
    "python.pythonPath": "python.exe"
}

.vscode/tasks.json:

{
    "version": "2.0.0"
}

.vscode/launch.json:

{
    "version": "2.0.0",
    "configurations": [
        {
            "name": "Python",
            "type": "python",
            "request": "launch",
            "stopOnEntry": false,
            "pythonPath": "${config:python.pythonPath}",
            "program": "${file}",
            "cwd": "${workspaceRoot}",
            "console": "internalConsole",
            "debugOptions": [
                "WaitOnAbnormalExit",
                "WaitOnNormalExit",
                "RedirectOutput"
            ]
        }    
    ]
}

You can replace "program": "${file}", with "program": "${workspaceRoot}/main.py", to run your main file no matter which file you've selected but I found that that makes errors like syntax errors sometimes not display correctly if at all.

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