Use the Python extension for Visual Studio Code to create, manage, run, and test Python projects easily.

This post explains how to install Python on Linux, Windows, or Mac. We will also set up an editor so that you can start coding!

To install locally, users need Git to clone the repository, Python to implement the code language, and Visual Studio Code to input the API key. The versatility of Open Interpreter is truly impressive.

If you don’t have Python already installed on your system, see the How to set up VS Code for R video tutorial for easy instructions on how to install Python for use with R and RStudio.

Python can be downloaded or all operating systems. We recommend that you install Python 3.7. Python 2 is no longer supported and shouldn't be used. If there are other packages not available with the ...

VS Code supports code highlighting for Python without this extension. However, if you will be working with Python, you should install this extension.