Learn how to get Python up and running on Windows, macOS, or Linux—and avoid the biggest pitfalls along the way.

This post explains how to install Python on Linux, Windows, or Mac. We will also set up an editor so that you can start coding!

Have you ever wished you could edit Python packages installed locally without reinstalling them? Editable installs are the way.

Microsoft has released the March update for its popular Python extension for Visual Studio Code (VS Code), its widely used cross-platform code editor. It's also released an update for Java on VS ...

Microsoft is rolling out a new Python Environments extension in VS Code, now reaching 20% of stable channel users. The tool ...

This Python install tutorial shows how to download and install Python 3.13 on a Windows 11 computer and run a Hello World Python program.

Syntax highlighting in Python code -- along with other language-specific "smartness" -- is provided in Microsoft's Python extension for VS Code via the Pylance language server, and that's where the ...