Mac Visual Studio Python

Posted By admin  On 02.05.21



Visual Studio Code is a lightweight code editor with support for many programming languages through extensions

Installation

The Visual Studio for Mac editor supports powerful built-in refactoring options such as Extract Method and Rename, accessible via the Quick Actions menu. Integrated Source Control Manage your code in Git or SVN repos hosted by any provider, including GitHub and Azure DevOps. With Python installed and your local programming environment set up, open Visual Studio Code. Inside of Visual Studio Code, open the directory you’re working in by going to File- Open and selecting the directory. After that, you’ll see your folder open in the explorer window on the left.

To install the latest version, use Homebrew:

'python.formatting.provider': 'yapf' Custom Path. This is generally unnecessary. As the Extension will resolve the path to the formatter based on Python executable being used or configured in python.pythonPath of settings.json. If this cannot be found, then the formatter will be resolved based on the current environment Path settings.

macOS integration

Launch VS Code from the command line.

After that, you can launch VS Code from your terminal:

  • code . will open VS Code in the current directory
  • code myfile.txt will open myfile.txt in VS Code
Python

Useful Extensions

Studio

Python

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  • Python - Python code highlighting

    To enable auto-formatting on 'Save', i.e. ⌘ + S, configure the following:

    1. Change the default formatter to Black instead of Autopep8. Todoist thunderbird. Critical to avoid large diffs. Go to Preferences -> User Settings and update the setting python.formatter.provider to Black

    2. Enable Format on Save Setting: Editor: Format On Save setting on Code -> Preferences -> Settings

JavaScript

  • ESLint - Useful to check JavaScript errors and helps in auto-formatting the code
  • Prettier - JavaScript code formatter

SQL

Markdown

Visual Studio Download

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  • Markdown Preview - Read Markdown files in VSCode

GitLens

  • GitLens - Supercharge the Git capabilities built into VSCode

Docker

Visual Studio Community Mac

  • Docker - Create, manage, and debug images from within VSCode

JSON

  • Paste JSON as Code - Infers types from sample JSON data, then outputs strongly typed models and serializers for working with that data in your desired programming language

Live Server

  • Live Server - Launches a local development server with live reloading for both static and dynamic

VS Code Icons

Mac Visual Studio Python

  • vscode-icons - Adds unique icons to distinguish different file extensions (easier to glance through your directories)