Run examples with Visual Studio Code

Install Code and Python

Open folder containing scripts
Confirm that you trust the author so the scripts can be run
Install Visual Studio Code extensions:
- Python
- Jupyter
Create virtual environment (Ctrl+Shift+P Python: Create Environment)
Open terminal to install dependencies (Ctrl+Shift+P Terminal: Create New Terminal)
- Windows: if an error regarding about Execution Policies occurs, change default terminal to Command Prompt instead of PowerShell: File -> Preferences -> Settings -> Features -> Terminal -> Integrated -> Default Profile: Windows -> Select Command Prompt
- In terminal: pip install -r requirements-{operating_system}.txt
- Windows + Python 3.11: If wordcloud cannot be installed, try installing wheel from here https://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#wordcloud (pip install wordcloud-1.8.1-cp311-cp311-win_amd64.whl)
- Linux/MacOS - ignore pywin32 dependency - remove from requirements.txt
Replace hansken_host variable with the ip of your host
Verify if the scripts contain Run Cell options -> Download ipykernel package if prompted
Select default Python installation to use as kernel
Linux: If <ipython-input-3-2c12d96ddab5>:7: UserWarning: Matplotlib is currently using agg;, which is a non-GUI backend, so cannot show the figure. this error pops up:
- update imports to explicitly use a gui backend for matplotlib: matplotlib.use('tkAgg')
- install tkinter pip install tkinter