Using Python virtual environments from Visual Studio Code
Why Stack Overflow recommends it
Stack Overflow users cite it as the walkthrough they followed when setting up a venv in VS Code, usually when asking why modules are not found or the terminal does not use the environment.
Recommended by 1 people across 1 different months, 2020 to 2021.
What it is
A short tutorial from AtoZ Programming Tutorials showing how to set up and use Python virtual environments inside Visual Studio Code. It covers creating a venv (with the python3 -m venv command for Linux and macOS) and pointing VS Code at it.
What people said
Recommends chung · 2020-04 · Stack Overflow · on “How to get terminal to default open into my virtual environment?”
I've created a virtual environment for Python and VSCode, but everytime I open up the terminal, rather than opening up to the work environment folder, it opens up to the folder where I keep my .py file. Let me explain my steps. I've created a Work folder, then a work environment folder inside of it. C:\Work and C:\Work\work_env Next I've created a folder in C:\Work\myprojects to place my .py files in. Now when I open up the terminal in VSCode, it runs the Activate.ps1 file and my work environment is ready to use but ONLY when I navigate into my work environment folder using cd in the terminal. Is there a way to default it so that the terminal is open to the work environment right away? I fol
Cites Spartacus98 · 2021-03 · Stack Overflow · on “Importing package from a virtual environment in Python 3.6”
I'm trying to run TensorFlow on a virtual environment that I've created and which runs Python 3.6.8 using VS Code (I know anaconda is the preferred way to go but I have to use VS Code). However, when I try to import the package into my .py file, it says that the TensorFlow module cannot be found. My settings.json file has the following data: { "python.pythonPath": "C:\\Users\\user\\Desktop\\AI\\venv36\\Scripts\\python" } The above was implemented in accordance with this video: [this video] . I know that TensorFlow has been installed since when I go to the virtual environment directory and try to import it within the CLI, it imports the module without any issues. The TensorFlow module is located i
Cites MATH ASKER · 2021-09 · Stack Overflow · on “ModuleNotFoundError in Visual studio for python”
I was trying to follow this video posted: [LINK] I setup a virtual environment following this video: [this video] made the requrement.txt file here [LINK] and installed it here [LINK] now when I try to run my code I get an error saying Modulenotfound no module named 'yfinance' I am confused as to what the problem is for this, I also had a general question about virtual environment in VS code, every time I start a new project, will I have to go through the video and make new path or is there a terminal code I can run? [LINK] [LINK]
Cites Pogus · 2021-11 · Stack Overflow · on “unable to import TA-Lib python”
ctrl+shift+` doesn't work.. but I've tried to install TA LIB in a virtual enviroment using this tutorial [this video] and it didn't fix much @Steven-MSFT !