• the free cross-platform from Visual Studio Maker (Microsoft) and all in one solution to end all free code editor in all platform, for its extension-ability.

• download: https://code.visualstudio.com/

• add git to VS Code path
  • ctrl + shift + p: Preference: Open user settings (json)
  • settings.json

    {
        "git.enabled": true,
        "git.path": "D:\\App_Dev\\PortableGit\\bin\\git.exe",
        "php.validate.executablePath": "D:\\App_Server\\xampp\\php\\php.exe",
    }

• Live Sass Compiler by Ritwick Dey:
  • it compile sass, scss to CSS, and it also auto install Live Server to live update Web browser from your saving action in VS code.

ref:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77mMpeoh3OI

Steps:

• install Extension: python
• make sure you have a python installed
• run a test code to see which python it use
• use that python to -m pip install fake-bpy-module (so your code gets syntax highlight and auto complete)
  • note: once that install, you may find your normal python, your blender detection script may think it is inside blender
• install Ruff extension to check your code realtime.

Additional options:

• if you don't want to install fake-bpy-module directly to python path, you can cd to project path, and type in vs code's termninal

  pythono -m venv dev_myproj

• it then creates a folder to store your this-time use library, then activate that virtual env,

  .\dev_myproj\Scripts\activate

• if your powershell allows script, it should activate the virtual env
• now, install extra module into vritual env python, example

  .\dev_myproj\Scripts\python.exe -m pip install fake-bpy-module

• in few seconds, your vs code auto detection should be able to know the extra library, if not, make sure your vs code right bottom corner switch to that virtual env python interpreter

Additional extension:

• Black formatter by MS: auto format for vs code