[Python Workflows] Python VS Code environment setup — 2024, Concise version

This article is for basic, quick Python development configurations that should satisfy most common needs. For specific needs that require advanced settings, please refer to the references at the end and/or official documentations.

My environment

This is my environment as an example, settings on other operating systems should be largely the same.

• Windows 11
• Windows subsystem for Linux (WSL) — Debian v12(bookworm)

Install Python

Check if Python is already installed, if so then you can jump over this section.

python3 --version

If not (e.g., returning error like python3 command not found), install Python3 (in this case Python 3.11):

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install python3.11-full

python3.11-full package in Debian contains all standard libraries, management and environment tools such as venv and pip, which is recommended.

After installation complete, verify python using the first command python3 --version.

Install VS Code