Running Notebooks in VSCode

[Izhaki]

As a developer, I wanted to run the notebooks in VSCode. I struggled a bit to get this working (imports cell threw ModuleNotFoundError), so sharing here for future readers.

Install Anaconda

https://www.anaconda.com/products/distribution

Clone the repo

git clone https://github.com/AllenDowney/ThinkComplexity2.git
cd ThinkComplexity2

Create and activate the environment

conda env create -f environment.yml
conda activate ThinkComplexity2

Select the environment in VSCode

From the Command Palette choose Python: Select Interpreter and select the workspace environment (should be the Recommended one).

VSCode docs.

Open a notebook and select the Conda Kernel

The kernel picker in the top right (base (Python 3.9.12) in the screenshot below.

VSCode docs.

Run the import cell to check it work