Over the past few years, it has exploded in popularity. Thanks to Microsoft’s Python extension for Visual Studio Code, VS Code has also become one of the best tools for working with Python.

We can use the PIP command to check if Python libraries are installed or not in VS Code. First of all, you need to open Terminal by clicking on Terminal > New Terminal.

I recently facilitated two workshops for high school teachers to introduce them to python in physics. Here are my lessons learned.