Everything’ i did to get vs code and wsl to work together for python :)

Uday Yadav

Jul 20, 2019·2 min read

Every windows user should be using python in this way.

Step 1 : basics things

• Install vs code from here.
• Install any Linux distro, ex : ubuntu, from Microsoft store

Step 2: Setting up wsl

• open Ubuntu terminal and set it up.
• run the following commands

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

• to check for for python version

python3 --version

• install pip and pylint by

sudo apt install python3-pip
sudo apt-get install pylint

Step 3: Connecting things

• Open vs code and in the extensions tab

• search for “Remote-Wsl” and install it

Step 4: Initializing from Ubuntu

• open the Ubuntu terminal
• make sure you are in the home directory [ if not type “cd” and press enter ]
• make a folder and open it

mkdir python_proj
cd python_proj

• type “code .” and press enter.

This will open vs-code

you will see this symbol after vs code set up wsl

Step 5 : Finalizing…

• Make a new file, ex: “app.py”
• when you open the file, vs code prompts to install python extension, go for it.
• then vs code prompts for to select python interpreter, select the python 3 version

• vs code will then prompt you to install lint in the pop from down right
• click “select linter”
• and then from the drop down menu in the center menu, select pylint.

Congrats, you are all done now!!

Step 6: running your first program

• in the app.py write the code

print(“Hello world”)

• then press ctrl+`
• wsl pops up as terminal
• give the command python3 app.py and press enter.

You are done now

I hope you were successful :

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