As announced on April 2022, our team has been working towards breaking the tools support we offer in the Python extension for Visual Studio Code into separate extensions, with the intent of improving performance, stability and no longer requiring the tools to be installed in a Python environment – as they can be shipped alongside an extension. This also allows the extensions to be shipped separately from the Python one once a new version of their respective tool becomes available.
Existing Python Tools ExtensionsOur team has already shipped Visual Studio Code extensions for the following tools:
These new extensions use the Language Server Protocol to offer linting and/or formatting support, and they all ship with the latest version of each tool.
There are also community contributed extensions available for other Python tools:
Supporting new Python tools extensionsIf you don't find your preferred linter in the lists above or in the Marketplace, you can add support for it by creating a new extension via the Python Tools Extension Template. This template allows you to create a Visual Studio Code extension for your favorite Python linter or formatter by changing mostly Python code (unless you’re planning to add more settings or custom logic to it – then you’ll need to work with a bit of TypeScript). You can refer to our documentation to learn more.
Linting and Formatting Settings DeprecationWe are migrating our tooling support to this new extension model. This means that there will no longer be built-in support for linters and formatters, and therefore all the following settings will be removed from the Python extension:
Setting Prefix (JSON) Alternative python.linting.pylint Use the Pylint extension. Refer to the extension’s README to learn how to configure it. python.linting.flake8 Use the Flake8 extension. python.linting.mypy Use the Mypy extension. python.linting.bandit Use an alternative linter, or check the section below. python.linting.pydocstyle Use an alternative linter, or check the section below. python.linting.pycodestyle Use an alternative linter, or check the section below. python.linting.prospector Use an alternative linter, or check the section below. python.linting.pylama Use an alternative linter, or check the section below. python.linting.lintOnSave N/AIf you are using a tool for which support will no longer exist in the Python extension, these are some alternatives:
You can try the Ruff extension. Ruff has support for various linters such as flake8-bandit, pycodestyle, pydocstyle, Pyflakes, mccabe, and more.
You can disable auto update of extensions in VS Code and remain using the latest available version that supports the tool you wish to continue to use.
You can keep using the tool in the command line, relying on the terminal instead of the Problems view.
You can create a task to run the tool automatically in the terminal (for example, on save).
Create a VS Code extension for your tool, using our Python tools extension template.
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