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Sciware

Intro to VS Code

Learn how VS Code can help you be a better programmer

https://sciware.flatironinstitute.org/33_SummerIntro

Sciware goal

Activities where participants all actively work to foster an environment which encourages participation across experience levels, coding language fluency, technology choices*, and scientific disciplines.

*though sometimes we try to expand your options

Summer Intros

• June 4 10-12:30: command line & cluster
• Jun 12 10-12:30: VS Code
• Jun 17-18 all day: NVIDIA intro to Machine Learning
• Jun 20 10-12:30: git & Github, Part I
• Jun 27 10-12:30: git & Github, Part II

Today’s agenda (1)

• Install VS Code
  • [Windows] Install WSL (https://learn.microsoft.com/windows/wsl/install)
  • Install VS Code (https://code.visualstudio.com/Download)
• Intro to VS Code
  • Clone a repo
    • https://github.com/flatironinstitute/sciware-vscode-exercise
  • Orientation to the interface
  • Follow along!

Today’s agenda (2)

• Install Python
  • https://docs.anaconda.com/free/miniconda/#quick-command-line-install
• Orientation to Python features (follow along!)
• Practice using VS Code with a Python project

What is an IDE?

Integrated Development Environment

(or just “editor”)

• an interactive environment (tool or program)
• for developing (writing, editing) code
• that integrates other features
• designed to make it easier to write code all in one place

Text editor

• Most IDEs are, at the core, a text editor
• Fancy “spell checker” (variables, functions, syntax), autocomplete
• Aware of code structure, projects, programming language, libraries
• Integrated tools for running, compiling, testing, debugging, checking, documenting, sharing, …

Lots of good options

• VS Code (“Visual Studio Code”): open-source cross-platform editor from Microsoft
• Sublime Text, Atom: lightweight editors with code-aware features
• PyCharm, Spyder: Python-specific IDEs with focus on debugging

Other VS Code Intro Materials

• Previous SciWare including VS Code: https://github.com/jsoules/vs-code-introduction
• Intro videos from Microsoft: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/getstarted/introvideos
• Get help at #code-help in the SF Interns 2024 Slack workspace

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