setup_visual_studio_code.md

Setup IDE: Visual Studio Code

1. Download the premade module

Download the premade module from GitHub.

Use Git and clone fake-bpy-module repository.

$ git clone https://github.com/nutti/fake-bpy-module.git

or

Download .zip file from GitHub.

https://github.com/nutti/fake-bpy-module/archive/master.zip

2. Check premade module location

Check the location of premade module and remember it because we use it process 3.
The premade module is located in premade_modules. You can see each version of the premade module on there.

3. Download the visual studio code extension

Download the visual studio code extension for Python and restart the visual studio code.

4. Add Auto Complete path

Add the path for the auto completion from Visual Studio.

1. Click File > Preferences > Settings.
2. On settings.json page, add premade module path to python.autoComplete.extraPaths

• Example of settings.json

{
    "python.autoComplete.extraPaths": [
        "<path-to-repository>/fake-bpy-module/premade_modules/2.79/2.79b"
    ]
}