Activating Anaconda Environment in VsCode

Question

I have Anaconda working on my system and VsCode working, but how do I get VsCode to activate a specific environment when running my python script?

Answer 1

If you need an independent environment for your project: Install your environment to your project folder using the --prefix option:

conda create --prefix C:\your\workspace\root\awesomeEnv\ python=3

In VSCode launch.json configuration set your "pythonPath" to:

"pythonPath":"${workspaceRoot}/awesomeEnv/python.exe"