How to install Visual Studio Code (vscode)
• 1 minIn order to write Python code you will need to install a code editor.
Visual Studio Code is a free code editor (IDE) made by Microsoft that you can use to code in a pletorah of language such as C, C++, Javascript, Python, Go, etc...
You can download vscode directly from Microsoft website.
Download Visual Studio Code - Mac, Linux, Windows
Visual Studio Code is free and available on your favorite platform - Linux, macOS, and Windows. Download Visual Studio Code to experience a redefined code editor, optimized for building and debugging modern web and cloud applications.
![](https://code.visualstudio.com/opengraphimg/opengraph-home.png)
Once vscode is installed you can start to write Python scripts!
P.S. don't forget the .py extension in your filename.