VS Code installation

The goal

Install VS Code as editor for Python.

Questions to David Rotermund

I assume that you have installed Python.

Download and installation

You need to download VS Code before you install it…

https://code.visualstudio.com

Obviously you want to use the version suitable for your OS.

Then install it. So far not very eventful.

Extensions

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Python

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Which also installs:

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Jupyter

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Which also installs:

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Flake8

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Black Formater

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MyPy Type Checker

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Indent Rainbow

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Todo Tree

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Do not copy empty

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Error Lens

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One Dark Pro Theme (has a minimap)

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Remote ssh (For our Cluster)

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Which also installs:

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C/C++ (C++ development / PyBind11)

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C/C++ Extension Pack (C++ development / PyBind11)

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Which also installs:

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(I don’t know who installs CMake and CMake tools)

C/C++ Include Guard (C++ development / PyBind11)

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Arduino (Arduino)

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Which also installs:

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The source code is Open Source and can be found on GitHub.