Jupyter Notebook and Conda in VSCode

This tutorial assumes that you have installed conda and created a conda environment for the workshop. It also assumes that you have downloaded and installed the VSCode application and added extensions for: Python and Jupyter.

  1. Open the VSCode application and use the file navigator to open a folder to save your work during the workshop.

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  1. Create a new file, and make sure it has the .ipynb ending which will indicate to VSCode that it is a Jupyter notebook.

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  1. Once you save the new name, the file should show a Jupyter cell and a spot in the upper right to Select Kernel.

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  1. Click Select Kernel and from the drop down menu select Python Environments.

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  1. This will show you a list of available conda environments, select the one you made for this workshop.

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  1. At the end you should have a Jupyter cell with the selected conda environment indicated in the upper right.

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