Once the Python extension activates, you will see the Test Explorer on the activity bar. With this change alone, we have closed 55 issues on our GitHub repo! Test configuration You can now enjoy a more stable UI experience for test discovery, navigation and status rendering, as well as new features such as test search, run a selection of tests, rerun last executed test, and more. We’re excited to announce that we have revamped the look of our Python testing features by utilizing the built-in test explorer in VS Code. We’re excited for you to give this new experience a try and welcome any feedback on the Pylance issue tracker.Īlthough running Python code in the browser isn’t yet supported, you can do so in a Jupyter notebook with the vscode-pyolite extension (in preview), made by one of our team members! Revamped Testing Interface You can check out Dan Taylor giving a demo on the Python Bytes podcast of this new experience if you’d like! Completions for built-ins, Pylance’s bundled stubs, locally defined symbols in the current file, and symbols in open files.

We’ve added support for the core editing features you might want when exploring a new codebase or making minor edits to your Python code.

If you are unfamiliar with v, you can head over to any repo, pull request, or file on GitHub and hit ‘.’ on your keyboard (or change the URL to v) to give it a shot! We are delighted to announce that as of this release you can enjoy the performant editing experience of Pylance in the browser via v. A rich Python editing experience (in the browser!) via v If you’re interested, you can check the full list of improvements in our changelog.

An update regarding the Microsoft Python Language Server’s end of life, as well as for Python 2.7 IntelliSense support.

New button for running and debugging files on the editor.

A rich Python editing experience in the browser.

In this release we closed 80 issues, and it includes: You can learn more about Python support in Visual Studio Code in the documentation. If you already have the Python extension installed, you can also get the latest update by restarting Visual Studio Code. You can download the Python extension from the Marketplace, or install it directly from the extension gallery in Visual Studio Code. We are pleased to announce that the September 2021 release of the Python Extension for Visual Studio Code is now available.

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