Powerful VSCode Tips And Tricks For Python Development And Design

In this video I talk you through my VSCode setup, I give you a few tips for how to improve your development experience, and I also show you a couple of extensions that I find really helpful, especially for Python development and software design.

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🔖 Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:49 Why I use VSCode
1:49 Oh my Zsh (Mac only)
3:08 iTerm2 (Mac only)
3:26 Main Python extensions
4:27 Type checking
7:26 Code formatting
8:57 Vim & smart relative lines
11:16 VSCode color customization
12:15 AI tools (GitHub Copilot, Tabnine)
13:23 Mermaid

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[ArjanCodes]

Happy new year everybody. I wish you a healthy, very successful 2022!

[aadithyavarma]

Hi Arjan, Can you do a video on how to correctly package a python codebase so that it is easy to move it everywhere? There seems to be multiple approaches and it would be great if you can show a complete demo of this. Thank you!

[soyciro]

I didn't even finish the video and just liked it and got subscribed to your channel.
I actually like the style and the effort you put into your content!

Keep it up!

[willemvdk]

Gelukkig nieuwjaar alvast, Arjan! Ga zo door met je video's want ze zijn top Notch!

[johncrunk]

As usual, your video pours more into my brain than it can handle. But I keep trying. I have been using VSCode for a couple of years and have barely touched the surface. Great video.

[theskullhead]

I just found your content and I'm so excited!! As an intermediate software engineer that loves Python your content is exactly what I've been looking for to level myself up.

[gianmariopedrani]

Hi ArjanCodes, congratulations on the excellent videos and explanations. I have a question:
Is it possible in VSC for python to change the color of a class method in overload?

Thanks again

[caiooliveira]

Nice video. I used to code using Sublime Text, but I really like vscode extensions. Some of my favorites are:
peacock - to set the color of the window (similar to what you did)
todo tree - to highlight and bookmark FIXMEs and TODOs
bookmark - pretty self-explanatory
fix json - for unindented json files
the "Remote" extensions - to work on remote servers and/or attach to containers

[icns]

This is very good! Just the tip on the type checking is very useful. Especially if you are part of a team with others who code in C++ etc.

[Moonajuana]

You're absolutely awesome! Thank you so much for all of content and information you've shared.

[sleao_]

If you use WSL on Windows, you can setup oh-my-zsh and use a terminal like the Windows Terminal or Hyper intead of iTerm2...

[satoshinakamoto]

i like your code along videos. maybe make a more videos like those. i like to follow your code and then go back to it at my own pace.

[korn]

Happy new year from thailand, Mr Arjan!

[jevinsubedi]

Hi Arjan, for Optional types in pydantic classes, if I don't specify = None, pylance complains "Argument missing for parameter". Is there a way around this?

[PauloFassina]

Great videos. I'm really enjoying the Data Science series. For someone who mostly does DS projects and does not have a formal software development background, having someone go through solid design principles to tackle DS problems is really helpful.

On a side note, the email validation at your website is too strict and is not accepting emails with _ or . before the @ sign. I get the "Please double check your email address" error.

[siflex]

@arjancodes .. 2 really nice navigation tips .. CTL-E and CTL-Y will scroll your window, retaining cursor position. H M L (I always think of it as High, Middle, Low) will put your cursor at the top, middle, bottom of the visible area.

[ChongFrisbee]

I recently moved from vscode to vim. I share the "I'm old" sentiment, but I was having a hard time with syncing and updates using vscode in different computers. Vim solved all these issues for me, trivially. And I gained modal editing from it. With only the cost of a lot of researching hours and a couple of weeks of severely hampered productivity... totally worth it!

[jean-marcfraisse]

Happy new year Sir! Many thanks for your excellent videos! 👍

[presstv]

Thanks Arjan. really liked the Mermaid extension👍

[dimas-]

Happy new year!
Starship in my opinion is the best for customizing prompt. Works also with any shell.