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S. bin UzayrOptimizing Visual Studio Code for Python Developmenthttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7344-9_1

1. Introduction to Visual Studio Code

Sufyan bin Uzayr1  
(1)
Barabanki, India
 

Visual Studio Code (VS Code) is an open-source code editor created by Microsoft for Windows, Linux, and macOS (Figure 1-1). Widely popular standard features include support for debugging, syntax highlighting, automatic code completion, snippets, code restructuring, and embedded Git. Users are free to change the design theme, keyboard shortcuts, and preferences, as well as install additional extensions to upgrade the overall project functionality.

Microsoft first introduced VS ...

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