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Install extensions

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Install extensions¶

Installing Python support¶

Install the Python extension:

ms-python.python

This Python extension will install the following extensions:

Jupyter which implements support for Jupyter notebooks (though the jupyterlab PyPI package needs to be installed in the current Python environment)
Pylance which parses and checks Python code.
Jupyter Notebook Renderers to render notebooks.

Install the IntelliCode extension that prioritizes code suggestions:

IntelliCode

Install a spellchecker for code identifiers:

Code Spell Checker

(Details here).

To put structure in big code files, use regions and:

Region Viewer

see discussion in Source code regions.

We discuss extras extensions at a different place.