Microsoft emphasizes the data science angle in its Data Science in Visual Studio Code documentation, which also highlights the interactivity Bhattacharya mentioned above: "You can do all your data science work in VS Code. Use Jupyter Notebooks and interactive windows to start analyzing and visualizing your data in minutes! Enhance your Python coding experience with IntelliSense support, and use Azure Machine Learning Services to build, train, and deploy machine learning models to the cloud or to the edge." .”
André Ferreira is another developer with a keen interest in "VS Code for Data Science" thanks to its many related extensions. Bairong Rongshu TL;DR said in the April article: "VS Code is great for data science, especially if you choose the best extension; in this article, I share some of my favorite extensions and my configuration." Interestingly, one of the extensions is GitHub Copilot, an "AI pair programmer", talks about data science.
Bairong Rongshu followed the extension theme last year when he published an article titled "Top 10 Python Extensions for Visual Studio Code". After the top Microsoft must-have major Python extensions mentioned above, his list includes:
Python IndentationPython
Documentation GeneratorPython
ExtensionPython
Preview
AREPL for PythonPython
PathPython
Test ExplorerPython
SnippetsJupyter