Before going further, we are going to install a development IDE with basic features to be able to write Python.

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Visual Studio Code

VS Code is an open source and free source code editor.

It’s entirely modular, so you will find many plugins and extensions to match your needs.

We’ll start with a very simple installation.

Installing VS Code

Simply download and install Visual Studio Code.

Python setup

• Open VS Code

• Open the extension panel CTRL+SHIFT+X

• Type Python in the search bar and install the one named Python

  

The Python VS Code extension does not contain Python Interpreter itself (python.exe) but some other useful features:

• Color syntaxing, the code will be colored so that it’s easier to read
• IntelliSense, VS Code will provide auto completion and suggestion while you are writing code
• Linting, VS Code will tell you where you code might have errors (require extra configuration that we won’t do in this trianing)

File association

Let’s make sure VS Code is used for editing Python scripts.

From Windows File Explorer, create a Python folder in the Content folder of your UE project and create a new file test.py. Open it with visual studio code and make sure it’s the default option.