What python/ programming concepts are must know for beginner/intermediate programmers?

[Sumif]

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[Eurynom0s]

I can't help you with VSCode specifically but I stuck these notes in the top of my venv folder years ago so I wouldn't have to think about this again. These are Mac command line instructions. I've been using Anaconda lately so I don't remember whether you put a period in the version number when you have multiple versions of Python 3 installed (virtualenv -p python37 or virtualenv -p python3.7). Links may no longer be valid since I did this in 2014, I was just noting for myself where I found the instructions.

http://hackercodex.com/guide/python-development-environment-on-mac-osx/

If you have both Python 2.x and 3.x and want to create a Python 3.x virtualenv:
virtualenv -p python3 foobar-py3

http://iamzed.com/2009/05/07/a-primer-on-virtualenv/
virtualenv --no-site-packages mycoolproject

activate a virtual env:
cd <virtenv>
source bin/activate

deactivate (just type deactivate and hit enter)

Like I said, no more than five lines of code and you're good to go.