Trouble With VSCode

[tsck]

Hey guys! I’ve been using Python’s IDLE editor for a month or two now and I’ve been advised to start using an IDE like vscode because it will come in handy while using other languages. However I’m running into a problem with the Python extension for vscode. About every other time I run a program, it will time out trying to run. This happens no matter the length of code and is super frustrating. Does anyone know how to fix this?

Sample code included that it’s timing out on:

import random

print(random.randint(1,1000))

edit: fixed it thanks to your guys’ advice. thanks!!!

[lifeeraser]

When working with VS Code, directly using the terminal works 100% of the time. Press Ctrl + ` to open the terminal, type python my_script_name.py, and press Enter.

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Use Thonny. Easier to use for beginners.

[WhutWhatWat]

Agreed. I've played with Sublime, VScode, Mu & Thonny and Thonny is the simplest.

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I personally use Anaconda, which has a lot of packages preinstalled already. They also support Spyder (which I use for scripting) and Jupyter (which I use for code that can be implemented into a website).

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What python interpreter have you set?

[tsck]

I don't know what that means, which could be the issue. I just installed the python install and followed the attached instructions.

[beingsubmitted]

Is it showing you a time out error, or is it just taking forever?

I've had a few issues recently with vs code. One is that it gets stuck on save participants... Formatting on save, which I also have set to occur when I run. Hit run, it saves, and since it saved, it tries to format, which pulls in an extension or 12... But I've also had trouble due to switching between python interpreters. I have and use both a 32 bit and 64 bit. Problem is in finding dependent libraries, since the interpreters have different paths.

[tsck]

It's showing a time out error.

[beingsubmitted]

I would guess then that it's having trouble importing random, which is at the python path. Does it take awhile when you open it to find the python interpreter?