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It serves up language goodies like IntelliSense, linting, debugging, code navigation, code formatting, Jupyter notebook support, refactoring, variable explorer, test explorer, snippets, and so on.

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 ...

Instead, many of the newer tools for project management, code formatting, and now type checking, are written in Rust. This isn’t a swipe at Python; every language has its place.

The five available options are C/C++, Java, JavaScript, Python, and Unset. Code blocks in Google Docs feature a light gray background, while the chosen language is noted in the top-left corner.