GIS Python Tutorial: ArcPy Coding with VS Code and Conda #GIS #Python #Code #ArcPy #ArcGIS Pro

Class is in session! In this video, I will show you how you can use the integrated development environment (IDE) called Visual Studio for writing Python computer code that utilizes the ArcPy library from the ArcGIS Pro GIS default Python environment. I will show you how you can connect the default ArcGIS Pro Python environment to VS Code so you can use the full features of VS Code for ArcPy computer programming. The approach I show is a different than running Python code in the ArcGIS Pro Python window. With the approach demonstrate, you can write, run, and debug ArcPy Python code directly in VS Code without even needing ArcGIS Pro open.
I will also show you a reliable way to clone the default ArcGIS Pro Python environment using Conda and add the Plotly to your clone using Conda.
I use a coding exercise of reading in a comma separated values (CSV) file using Python and then turning content from the CSV into a shape file using ArcPy and a graphic using Plotly. I'll walk you through all the steps in the process and explain all of the code in detail. This video will be particularly useful for people that want to start doing more advanced Python coding using ArcPy with an industry-standard coding environment like Visual Studio Code. This tutorial was recorded during one of my lectures at the Rochester Institute of Technology.

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Brian Tomaszewski, Ph.D.

[pratiksikdar]

This channel is amazing!! I struggled soo much just cloning the environment! This is just fantastic!!!!

[BSplitt]

I'm so disappointed that I can't like this video more than once. Fantastic stuff. I've been using Spyder for this sort of thing for over a year now, and couldn't stand its debugging interface. Thanks for showing how to use VS Code. PS, the way you ask questions mid-lecture is amazing. Keep that up.

[ibriefer]

Pretty awesome to find useful content for me coming from my undergrad school :)

[AndreaS-xpop]

I agree with the other commenters ... I'd like this video a thousand times if I could! Thank you for sharing :)

[mapa]

Great information !! .. thank you for sharing your knowledge

[angelamilton]

This is great content. I'm preparing for my programming exam for Arcpy libraries in GIS. Is there any way I can get access to a similar shapefile data?

[irenew.]

I really enjoyed watching your videos about programming in python. As a physical geographer I'm used to working with GIS software but I have to force myself to use python more often, so thanks a lot for these awesome videos :) is there a specific reason why you first create a shapefile and fill in the information of the csv later ? why don't you just create a shapefile out of the csv with the XYTableToPoint tool?