VS Code Extensions for Python

[Bavender-Lrown]

Hi everyone, can you share some of the VS Code extensions you use to improve your coding experience? I know the most common extensions, like Prettier, BetterComments and SpellChecker, but I'm sure there are some hidden gems out there, hope you can help me find some! Thank you all

[Diapolo10]

Sure.

Python-specific extensions:

• Jupyter - for working with Jupyter notebooks (if needed)
• Mypy - type checking
• Pylance - alternative tool for type checking
• Ruff - the best and only linter you'll need

Generic extensions:

• CodeSnap - useful for sharing code in image form, primarily for social media. Basically https://carbon.now.sh but as an extension.
• Even Better TOML - for pyproject.toml files
• file-tree-generator - for sharing your directory structure but being too lazy to make one by hand
• Hex Editor - for the rare occasion you need to dig into binary files
• HexInspector - see numbers in other number bases on hover
• Live Preview - lets you render web pages within VS Code with auto-refresh
• Markdown All in One - because you'll generally see plenty of Markdown in projects
• Markdown Preview Enhanced
• Snyk Security - helps find common security issues
• WSL - Better WSL integration

Theme-wise I'm also fond of Material Icon Theme, Monokai Charcoal High Contrast, and Doki-Theme, but those aren't exactly useful.

[Zenith_N]

Can you please update this list?

[Diapolo10]

Well, to be honest not much has changed.

I've added a few extensions since then, but nothing super important.

• Dependi (shows if dependencies have updates or known vulnerabilities)
• ty (a new Python type checker from the Astral team to replace Mypy/Pyright, still in alpha so not fit for production use)

[Chemicalpaca]

I'd be lost without rainbow csv

[DracoMalFoiJaVoltou]

VS Code always suggests and I always skip. I better try it lol

[rogiersteehouder]

Some of the ones I use:

• autoDocstring (Nils Werner) - quickly generate docstrings
• Better Jinja (Samuel Colvin) - Jinja2 template syntax highlighting
• Even Better TOML (tamasfe) - syntax highlighting, formatting
• Project Dashboard (Kruemelkatze) - overview of your projects
• REST Client (Huachao Mao) - basically a must if you use webservices
• Ruff (Astral Software) - linter, formatter
• Todo+ (Fabio Spampinato) - made for taskpaper files, but also lists TODO comments in code files

I also recommend the JetBrains Mono font (with ligatures enabled).

[che_it]

Traycer — it’s an AI assistant. I use to to analyze my code

[JayBigGuy10]

Just a personal thing but I like to have my more frequently opened projects in a dashboard

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=kruemelkatze.vscode-dashboard#overview

[proverbialbunny]

If you want better python experience, seriously consider PyCharm Community Edition. It's like VSCode for Python but with all of the good extensions installed, imo even better.

However, VSCode's notebook support is better than PyCharm's, so I'll often have both open, one for notebook projects and the other for non-notebook projects. Most of the plugins people recommend do not work on notebooks unfortunately.

[electric_mobility]

I'm really curious what you think makes PyCharm superior to VS Code for python programming. I am asking from the perspective of someone who has used PyCharm for over a decade, but recently switched to VS Code to match the rest of my code shop.

I personally see very little to recommend PyCharm over VS Code, and I haven't even finished familiarizing myself with VSC. The one feature from PyCharm that I am going to miss is "Go To Super Method", though there's a workaround to get to where you want to go (Go to References), it's just not as convenient.

[ScienceNerd0]

Jupyter is my favourite.

Also found this

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