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Eleanor Boyd @eleanor-py.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

No need to remember `uv pip install...` or `pip install...` with the Python Environments Extension it is just the click of a few buttons 🖱️

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Eleanor Boyd @eleanor-py.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Is the pipenv community on bluesky?? Support incoming to the python environments extension in VS Code! #pipenv #python

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Eleanor Boyd @eleanor-py.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Do you know the difference between "python-envs.terminal.autoActivationType" set to "command" or "shellStartup"? It's an important but complicated setting (which confused me when I first got into the envs ext) so I wrote a wiki page: github.com/microsoft/vs...

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Eleanor Boyd @eleanor-py.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Hi Conda people! I am back with a specific question this time- how do you tell if a given Conda environment is prefixed or named? I can see it in `conda info --envs` but is there any way given a specific path to an executable to know which one it is without parsing that list?

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Eleanor Boyd @eleanor-py.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

always love some exciting news in the environment and package space!!

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Eleanor Boyd @eleanor-py.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Anyone a Conda wizard here and can share their secrets?? I have spent the better part of this week working on Conda activation for the Python Environments extension and some things still feel like magic 🔮 github.com/microsoft/vs...

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bug fix: enhance conda environment management with sourcing status and updated shell activation support by eleanorjboyd · Pull Request #693 · microsoft/vscode-python-environments

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Eleanor Boyd @eleanor-py.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Beginning a series of videos demoing the new Python Environments Extension! Starting where all good Python projects start... creating an environment. Follow along as I will be posting new videos every few days! marketplace link: marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemNa...

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Eleanor Boyd @eleanor-py.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Had a ton of fun in May at PyCon US giving a booth talk about building your own MCP server with Python for VS Code! www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYcQ...

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Making your own MCP server in VS Code

YouTube video by Microsoft Developer

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Eleanor Boyd @eleanor-py.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

We are beginning rollout of the Python Environments Extension! Anyone can install and enable the extension and its a game changer so give it a try and send in your feedback! (see these extra enablement details if you are on VS Code insiders: github.com/microsoft/vs...)

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Brett Cannon @snarky.ca · 02/05/2025

Oops I did it again, I wrote a new PEP, got lost in the comments, oh coder, coder. Oops, you thought I could stop, that I knew better, I'm not that intelligent. discuss.python.org/t/pre-pep-im... genius.com/Britney-spea...

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Pre-PEP: Import name metadata

As threatened promised, here is my next planned PEP (I haven’t bothered making it an official PEP yet in case the idea is considered downright bad, which would save me writing the PoC and translating ...

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Eleanor Boyd @eleanor-py.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Can't believe @pycon.us 2025 is 2 weeks away! This will be my first time attending and I couldn't be more pumped! Any advice for how to make the most of the conference??

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Eleanor Boyd @eleanor-py.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Great things that started at 9am today: 1. VS Code Agent Day @vscode.dev 2. Sound Transit merch shop! not too bad for a random Wednesday morning!

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Eleanor Boyd @eleanor-py.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Around 11am PDT today notebook engineer and expert Don Jayamanne will be LIVE on VS Code Agent Mode Day to talk all things Notebooks and Copilot. He will doing live demos and exploring all the newest features so definitely check it out on Youtube: www.youtube.com/live/HNly8eN...

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🔴 VS Code Live: Agent Mode Day

YouTube video by Visual Studio Code

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Eleanor Boyd @eleanor-py.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

current work in progress... do you spot the new feature?

Screenshot of VS Code with the test coverage open and the branch coverage for file num.py hovered over.

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Eleanor Boyd @eleanor-py.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

So pumped about this new feature to support Django test coverage contributed by a community member! As someone who's not a Django expert, getting help from the community is amazing. Try it on the python pre-release now: github.com/microsoft/vs...

VS Code window after coverage was run on a Django tester project.

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Eleanor Boyd @eleanor-py.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Huge release for Copilot in Notebooks: - 🆕 New notebook tool (/newNotebook) - 💬 Chat to edit notebook files (including agent mode) - 🧭 Diff toolbars for edit navigation & undo seamlessly - 📎 Attach notebook outputs as context details and settings: code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_9...

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Eleanor Boyd @eleanor-py.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Playing around with Copilot for notebooks in @vscode.dev and the new feature I just added that lets you attach notebook cell outputs to chat. Nice to learn the real bottleneck these days is my typing speed 😅

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Visual Studio Code @vscode.dev · 24/02/2025

No launch.json, no problem. Python no-config debugging allows you to leverage debugging features in @code, without needing configurations in a launch.json To use, open a terminal and type debugpy <script .py or module>

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Karthik Nadig @kanadig.com · 21/01/2025

In the latest pre-release of Python Debugger extension, we added a feature that we call no-config debugging. Open a terminal is VS Code and run your script with `debugpy <myscript>` instead of `python <myscript>`. Try it out. github.com/microsoft/vs...

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No-config debugging · Issue #561 · microsoft/vscode-python-debugger

Hey folks 👋 After listening to community feedback that configuring the debugger can be difficult and confusing, we have begun working on a no-config debugging experience! We are excited to say that...

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Eleanor Boyd @eleanor-py.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Every struggle to setup debugging for your Python code? Look no further! New VS Code feature on pre-release TODAY now allows you to use no-config debugging! Install the latest pre-release of the python debugger extension and just add `debugpy` to the front of your run command to get started!

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Karthik Nadig @kanadig.com · 15/01/2025

In the latest pre-release of the Python Environments extension, you can select the library you want to install and click the edit button to set version constraints. You can do this with multiple libraries and include libs not in the list.

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Eleanor Boyd @eleanor-py.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Had a great time collaborating with Courtney Webster on the #2024VSCodePythonWrapped! 2024 was a fantastic year for the extension and I loved being a part of it; 2025 here we come! 🐍 🚀 🎉 Check out our blog for all the details and more graphics : devblogs.microsoft.com/python/2024-...

VS Code wrapped graphic showing 894 issues closed, 604 PRs merged, 22 internal and 21 community contributors respectively, and the list of top issues closed in 2024.

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Eleanor Boyd @eleanor-py.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Exploring VS Code compatibility with different @pytest.org plugins this week- got a plugin which is failing? Add a comment 👇 github.com/microsoft/vs... also thanks @brianokken.bsky.social for this top plugin list I'm using as a jumping point pythontest.com/top-pytest-p...

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Top pytest Plugins

This is intended to find the most popular pytest plugins, as plugins usually have “pytest” in the name. The list is generated from hugovk’s Top PyPI Packages, which is filtered for “pytest”. Many popu...

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