VS Code is a great text editor. But when you install it, its functionality is limited. You can edit JavaScript and TypeScript, but for other programming languages, it will be just a text editor. You will need to add some plugins to turn it into a proper IDE.

Luckily, when you open a file in a new language, VS Code will suggest an extension that can help you. With the Python extension, you can already do a lot — you get syntax highlighting, code completion, and many other features that turn a text editor into a code editor.

But there are many other plugins that I discovered when working with Python. Some add entirely new functionality, and others offer just a small improvement here and there. I’ve decided to write them down. I hope some of you will find them useful!

#python #vscode #plugins