How to setup virtual environment for Python in VS Code?

Question

In my project folder I created venv folder.

python -m venv venv

When I in VS Code run command select python interpreter my ven

Answer 1

With a newer VS Code version it's quite simple.

Open VS Code in your project's folder.

Then open Python Terminal (Ctrl-Shift-P: Python: Create Terminal)

In the terminal:

python -m venv .venv

you'll then see the following dialog:

click Yes

Then Python: Select Interpreter (via Ctrl-Shift-P)

and select the option (in my case towards the bottom)

Python 3.7 (venv) ./venv/Scripts/python.exe

If you see

Activate.ps1 is not digitally signed. You cannot run this script on the current system.

you'll need to do the following: https://stackoverflow.com/a/18713789/2705777

For more information see: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/python/environments#_global-virtual-and-conda-environments