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 ...

On Halloween 2018 a developer filed an issue in the GitHub repo for the VS Code Python extension, asking for the ability for users to "spin up multiple 'Python Interactive' windows." In August 2020, ...

Microsoft also boasts that the Python extension it develops for VS Code now loads 10% faster for Windows and macOS systems, and 20% faster for Linux systems. ...