Learn Python 3: Visual Studio Code for Beginners

Visual Studio Code is the most popular code editor around today and is great for writing Python. In this video we cover install and how to set VSCode up for Python development including linting, formatting, virtual environments and workspaces.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:55 Visual Studio Code Install
05:25 First Setup - Settings
06:35 Change Colour Theme
07:11 Activity bar walk-through
08:28 Extensions including Python extension
10:05 File Explorer
11:30 Pop-ups!
12:00 Select Python interpreter and virtual environments
13:15 VSCode Terminal
14:55 Linting and Python linter pep8 install
15:50 Hello world example
17:25 Problems, linting and formatting with black
21:10 Split editor
22:05 Command palette and Settings
23:30 Workspaces
28:21 Virtualenvwrapper and VSCode
30:16 Closing Words

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[Pluneto]

Very new to this, thank god this video is a thing, other ways I would have gotten nowhere.
Great video!

[NareshDaDude]

Really helpful video, very simple to follow and you really hit the nail on the head with the whole information flow. Nice to know I wasn't the only one.

[markflood]

Extremely helpful. This video is clear, concise and tells me exactly what I need to know to get myself set up to use VS Code for writing Python. Like other comments, I too would have lost my mind. Thank you!

[concrete]

This video is so valuable. Thank you so much. I would love it if you added more videos on using Python in VS Code. It is quite a complex bit of software to get used too without any experience! Thanks again :-)

[xXruthlessXx]

I just got into coding after years of wanting to start. if i didn't have the drive to really want to learn this, i guarantee i would've quit. The last two weeks Ive spent having error after error, of course making mistakes at my own fault. This series of videos were so helpful and explanatory. thank you so much man.

[TheNik]

Best tutorial for VS code beginners I've seen on here! thank you!

[getrekt]

very helpful, i already knew the basics of python but not how to use it on VIsual Studio Code, thanks :)

[yuobuten]

You lost me at "Open up Edge"

[CalmlyExplained]

Without a doubt the best video I came across in this topic. Congratulations. Clear and approachable, without overwhelming the viewer.

[locant]

For anyone stuck on "python -m venv helloworld" use "py -m venv helloworld"
I'm not sure why but "python" wont launch for me unless I use "py"

[weam]

I like this video because I can pretend that Russell Brand is teaching me this stuff and it's kinda cool

[Nina-wpkv]

There are different kinds of learners, I'm on the slowers side ;) however, ur video is easy to follow...thanks!!!

[neodasus]

thank you so much, this was my first coding video and it was so exciting making my first project with you

[HakimZainalAbidin]

very clear among all the video i saw about using python on VS. Thank you.

[jihedmedini]

Thank you, finaly a well comprehended tutorial for God sake! I almost lost my mind before finding this video

[Mcstrid]

Perfect guide, thanks for this! Still works in 2023, looks a little different but it's almost the same!

[flashdrive]

The video is pretty straightforward, but I was wondering how I would be able to install pep8, since it isn't appearing in vsCode.

[jeffmiller]

Thank you very much...You can't believe how much this helped.

[deepak]

why we need to create virtual environment, how it helps ?

[ayoadeoriola]

Thank you for this. I could not find pep8 in my extension so I settled for pylint. I was still able to follow from there.