The remote code execution bug, tracked as CVE-2020-1192, is exposed when Microsoft's VS Code Python extension loads workspace settings from a file from a notebook, such as Jupyter.

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Python's popularity is also borne out by downloads of the Python extension for Microsoft's VS Code, one of the most popular code editors on the market. SEE: Hiring Kit: Python developer ...

VS Code supports code highlighting for Python without this extension. However, if you will be working with Python, you should install this extension.

Once you have installed Python and VS Code IDE, all you need to do is create a Python file. To do that, open Visual Studio Code, go to File > New File, search for Python file, and click on it.

Even so, the Experimental - Python for the Web (Preview) extension in the VS Code Marketplace has been installed 283 times as of this writing (see screenshot above). The item description lists the ...