/pythonVSCode

Cross platform editing, debugging, linting, testing (and more) Python (2.7 to 3.6) code (including Jupyter support) using Visual Studio Code

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Python

An extension with rich support for the Python language (including Python 3.6), with features including the following and more:

Quick Start

  • Install the extension
  • optionally install ctags for Workspace Symbols, from here, or using brew install ctags on OSX.
  • If Python is in the current path
    • You're ready to use it.
  • To select a different Python Interpreter/Version (or use Virtual Environment), use the command Select Workspace Interpreter)

Documentation

For further information and details continue through to the documentation.

Issues, Feature Requests and Contributions

  • Contributions are always welcome. Fork it, modify it and create a pull request.
    • Details on contributing can be found here
  • Any and all feedback is appreciated and welcome.

Feature Details

  • IDE Features
  • Auto indenting
  • Code navigation (Go to, Find all references)
  • Code definition (Peek and hover definition, View Signature)
  • Rename refactoring
  • Sorting Import statements (use "Python: Sort Imports" command)
  • Ability to include custom module paths (e.g. include paths for libraries like Google App Engine, etc.)
  • Use the setting python.autoComplete.extraPaths = []
  • For instance getting autocomplete/intellisense for Google App Engine, add the following to your settings file:
"python.autoComplete.extraPaths": [
    "C:/Program Files (x86)/Google/google_appengine",
    "C:/Program Files (x86)/Google/google_appengine/lib" ]
  • This functionality has been moved into a separate extension Jupyter
  • Auto formatting of code upon saving changes (default to 'Off')
  • Use either yapf or autopep8 for code formatting (defaults to autopep8)
  • It can be turned off (default is to be turned on and use pylint)
  • Multiple linters supported (along with support for configuration files for each linter)
  • Supported linters include pylint, pep8, flake8, pydocstyle, prospector
  • Paths to each of the linters can be optionally configured
  • Custom plugins such as pylint plugin for Django can be easily used by modifying the settings as follows:
"python.linting.pylintArgs": ["--load-plugins", "pylint_django"]
  • Watch window
  • Evaluate Expressions
  • Step through code (Step in, Step out, Continue)
  • Add/remove break points
  • Local variables and arguments
  • Multiple Threads and Web Applications (such as Flask, Django, with template debugging)
  • Expanding values (viewing children, properties, etc)
  • Conditional break points
  • Remote debugging (over SSH)
  • Google App Engine
  • Debugging in the integrated or external terminal window
  • Support for unittests, nosetests and pytest
  • Test results are displayed in the "Python" output window
  • Run failed tests, individual tests
  • Debugging unittests
  • Snippets
  • Miscellaneous
  • Running a file or selected text in python terminal
  • Refactoring

Generate Features

Debugging

Unit Tests

Scientific Tools

Local Help

Roadmap

Change Log

Version 0.6.8 (20 July 2017)

Version 0.6.6 (02 July 2017)

  • Provide details of error with solution for changes to syntax in launch.json #1047, #1025
  • Provide a warning about known issues with having pyenv.cfg whilst debugging #913
  • Create .vscode directory if not found #1043
  • Highlighted text due to linter errors is off by one column #965, #970
  • Added preminary support for WSL Bash and Cygwin #1049
  • Ability to configure the linter severity levels #941, #895
  • Fixes to unit tests #1051, #1050
  • Outdent lines following contibue, break and return #1050
  • Change location of cache for Jedi files #1035
  • Fixes to the way directories are searched for Python interpreters #569, #1040
  • Handle outputs from Python packages that interfere with the way autocompletion is handled #602

Thanks

Source

GitHub

License

MIT