Visual Studio Code for Python Developers

Visual Studio (VS) Code—the optimized code editor for Windows, macOS, and Linux—provides stellar support for Python right out of the box. Even if you’re already familiar with VS Code, this course can help you speed up your development work by highlighting how to best leverage this popular code editor when developing Python apps. Instructor Joe Marini covers everything from writing and debugging Python code, to using the built-in refactoring tools to make your code easier to maintain, to maximizing your productivity with must-have extensions such as REST Client. After wrapping up this course, you’ll have the knowledge you need to make the most out of VS Code when working with Python projects.

Topics include:

• Constructing a simple Python program in VS Code
• Editing, formatting, and refactoring Python code
• Debugging Python code
• Setting breakpoints
• Using Python docstring
• Creating better comments for your source code
• Using the REST Client extension

About the Author

Joe Marini is a senior developer advocate at Google and a developer of Dreamweaver and Windows Phone.

Joe has worked in the web and software industries for more than 20 years. He was an original member of the Dreamweaver engineering team at Macromedia, and held prominent early roles in creating products such as QuarkXPress, Microsoft Expression Blend, mFactory’s mTropolis, and Extensis QX-Tools. He is regularly a featured speaker at industry conferences and has authored or co-authored several publications on web and software development. Prior to Google, Joe was responsible for the mobile web developer platform for Windows Phone 7 at Microsoft. His book, The Document Object Model, is widely regarded as the definitive resource for working with the DOM.

Video Details

• Full Video Tutorials
• Video File Format: MP4
• Skill Level: Beginner
• Video Duration: 59m 11s
• Instructor: Joe Marini