Working with Jupyter Notebooks in VS Code

Jupyter Notebooks have become an essential tool for data scientists, analysts, and anyone involved in exploratory data analysis or machine learning. While there’s a standalone web-based application for running Jupyter Notebooks, integrating this functionality directly into Visual Studio Code (VS Code) offers many additional benefits, such as an improved code editor, integration with other languages, and a unified development environment. In this post, In this blog post, I am excited to share my journey of setting up Jupyter Notebooks in VS Code.

Step 1: Install the Required Extensions

First, you need to install two key extensions for VS Code:

1. Python Extension: This is essential for Python development in VS Code. It provides features such as IntelliSense, linting, debugging, and more. Install Python Extension
2. Jupyter Extension: This extension enables you to run Jupyter Notebooks inside VS Code. It allows you to create, view, and manage notebook files, and execute code cells just like in a standalone Jupyter environment. Install Jupyter Extension

Step 2: Install UV

Before proceeding with the installation of Jupyter’s kernel, ensure that the UV environment is set up. You can install UV, a powerful tool for project management in Python, using Homebrew with the following command:

brew install uv