Visual Studio Code for Data Science — the Power User’s guide
The quintessential IDE?
Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code is arguably one of the best IDEs for developers. The same is true for Data Scientists. There are numerous tools and extensions in the VS Code that enable users with great user experience.
Setup
Install the Python for VS Code extension
For R, install R extension
Environments
Often, you will require packages and modules that are not available by default installation. Some libraries or applications specify a particular version of a library to be used. Virtual environments are useful in these cases.
You can setup Python using Python distributions using Anaconda.
To manage your environment, in VS Code, you can select an environment of your choice from the Command Palette ( ⇧⌘P ) > Python: Select Interpreter.
Workspaces
Workspace Settings are stored inside your workspace and only apply when the workspace is opened. They override the global user settings. This way each of the Data Science…
