Install Visual Studio Code (VSCode) on RHEL, Fedora, or CentOS

Installation

https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/setup/linux#_rhel-fedora-and-centos-based-distributions

sudo rpm --import https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc

sudo sh -c 'echo -e "[code]\nname=Visual Studio Code\nbaseurl=https://packages.microsoft.com/yumrepos/vscode\nenabled=1\ngpgcheck=1\ngpgkey=https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc" > /etc/yum.repos.d/vscode.repo'

dnf check-update

sudo dnf install code

Install Python3 on RHEL, Fedora, or CentOS

sudo dnf install python3

The built-in Python 3 installation on Linux works well, but to install other Python packages you must install pip with get-pip.py

https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/installation/#get-pip-py

Install Python Extension in VS Code

https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/python/python-tutorial

Start VSCode.

$ code

Open View -> Extension and type python and install .

Setup python interpreter in VSCode

1. Opening the Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P)
2. And type "Python: Select Interpreter"
3. And select recommended python

Write and Execute Simple Python Script

Create a new file hello.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
print("Hello World!")

Run from VSCode by pressing Ctrl+F5.

Execute from command line.

$ chmod +x tmp/hello.py
$ tmp/hello.py