To use the ‘cells’ functionality, mark a code segment with # %% in the line above it to turn it into a cell (as shown in the picture below).

To get the Jupyter functionality, install its extension - VSCode Jupyter Notebook Preview, you might need to restart VSCode after installing. One of the strongest features VSCode offers to data scientists is the option to use the functionality of both an IDE and a Jupyter Notebook in one place. The button marked by the Green arrow opens Git, the blue arrow points at the button in which you can check your connection. In this link, there are deeper explanations and some more useful stuff so I recommend checking it out sometime.

Get in the repository to edit: File -> Open directory. Clone the repository: ctrl-shift-p -> Git: CloneĤ. You can confirm that your sign-in is proper in the button pointed at by the blue arrow in the picture below.ģ. Install the extension: GitHub Pull Requests and IssuesĢ. I assume you want to connect your environment to your git account and repository, if you don’t then this section is less relevant to you.ġ. Alternatively - click the green play button on the upper left corner of your script window. Right-click on the file -> run Python file in terminal. Then Python’s colors will appear and you will be able to run the file. When you save, to make it the type of file you want, you’ll need to state the extension in the file name.īottom line - to start a Python file do the following -įile -> save as -> some name with the. I found this less than straightforward and therefore worth mentioning - when you open a file in VSCode it won’t appear in your directory before you save it. To solve those I recommend going over the steps described here.

Note that there might be issues here due to path settings. In this example, I chose conda base but you can select any interpreter you like from the list. Interpreterįor our DS/ML/AI packages to work we need to set up the interpreter, which is done as follows -Ĭtrl+shift+p → Python: Select interpreter → conda base. Pressing an extension will open an explanation about it on the right. Circled in green is the button that opens this magic, right to it there’s a list of extensions and a search panel on top.

Setup visual studio code