Setup Python Development Environment

Skill - Setup python development environment

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Software to be installed

• Download and Install python in your PC from https://www.python.org/downloads/
• Download and Install Visual Studio Code (VS Code) as a code editor from https://code.visualstudio.com/download
• Install python extension in Visual Studio Code using menu View -> Extensions as shown below
  

Working on a project

• Create a new folder in your computer

• Open Visual Studio Code in your computer
  

• Open the created folder in Visual Studio Code using menu File -> Open Folder
  

• Now you can create and manage python files in visual studio code.

• Python files have extension .py. For example we can have a python file like hello.py

• Manage files using the File Explorer tab in the left sidebar as shown below
  

• Run python files using play button in the top-right side of the editor
  

• You can Debug python files using menu Run->Start Debugging

Video

The video tutorial for this post can be found here

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Further Reading

• For more beginner tutorial on VS Code visit https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/python/python-tutorial

• For more info on setting up python extension in VS Code visit https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-python.python

• For beginner videos on VS Code visit https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/getstarted/introvideos

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