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Instructions to setup Visual Studio Code for programming in Python

STEP 2
STEP 1 Open the downloaded installation file.
Go to https://code.visualstudio.com/ and download
the latest version of visual studio code.
Instructions to setup Visual Studio Code for programming in Python
STEP 3
Progress through the installer prompts and install VS Code.
Instructions to setup Visual Studio Code for programming in Python
You have installed Visual Studio Code! Now you need to install Python,
and the VS Code Python extension to start coding in Python!

STEP 4 STEP 5
Open Visual Studio Code and click the Click Python and then click install
extensions option in the sidebar.
Instructions to setup Visual Studio Code for programming in Python
STEP 6 STEP 7
Go to https://www.python.org/downloads/ Open the downloaded file and click Install
and download Python 3.8.5 ( this is current Now.
version).

You have now installed Python! Now you need to do one last step …
Instructions to setup Visual Studio Code for programming in Python
STEP 7
Create and Save a file 1.py in a folder, now click to install
From within VS Code, select a Python interpreter by
linter…
opening the Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P), start
typing the Python: Select Interpreter command to
search, then select the command.

Then select Python 3.8.5 32-bit.

Good Work. You can now program in Python using VS Code!

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