How can I debug Python 3 code in Visual Studio Code?

Question

I want to debug a project written in Python 3 in Visual Studio Code, but I can\'t seem to find any way of specifying interpreter or Python version in the launch.json file.

Answer 1

An extra note for those using the Anaconda Python distribution by continuum analytics: you may find my experience useful.

I'm using Don Jayamanne's Python extension and run the "Select Workspace Interpreter" command, but still found I was getting linting advice for the wrong version of Python.

The fix that worked for me was installing the Pylint package for Anaconda:

conda install -c anaconda pylint