VScode notes¶
First, make sure conda-forge is your preferred channel¶
% conda config --show channels
channels:
- conda-forge
- defaults
If defaults is above conda-forge, revers this with:
% conda config --prepend channels conda-forge
Warning: 'conda-forge' already in 'channels' list, moving to the top
Next install vscode from https://code.visualstudio.com/download¶
Install the command line version as well. On windows, this should be done as part of the install. On MacOS, you need to open the vscode command pallette (⌘shift-P) and type
Shell Command: Install 'code'
once that is done, you should be able to start vscode from the command line in a particular folder by typing:
code .
Some definitions¶
In vscode a “workspace” is any folder containing a folder named .vscode or a file ending in code-workspace. The .vscode folder denotes a “single root” workspace, in which everything in the tree below the folder containing the .vscode file has the same default specifications. If instead the folder contains a “code-workspace” file, then the workspace is “multiroot” and can have independent toplevel .vscode settings. Here is an example of a workspace file for
numeric and here is an example of a vscode folder
Possible workflows¶
First, install the python extension.
Next, as demonstrated in class, if you open a file ending in “.py”, and set the python interpeter to the conda numeric environment, you can then save workspace called “numeric”, add flake8 as your linter, and black as your formatter. At that point you are getting both intellisense command competions and linting and formatting. Another possible route is to install ipython:
conda install ipython
and start ipython in a bash terminal with:
ipython --matplotlib
so that you can pop up figures that are much larger than the vscode window.