Microsoft recently released a new VS Code extension called Pylance, an improved language server specifically for Python.
To install the Pylance extension, simply search for Pylance from the marketplace in VS Code.
Features
- Docstrings
- Signature help, with type information
- Better parameter suggestions
- Faster code completion
- Auto-import/remove feature
- Error checking
- Code outline/navigation/lens
- Type check
- IntelliCode compatibility
- Jupyter Notebook compatibility
Settings and Customization
Pylance offers few customizations in which you can modify the settings in the setting.json file.
python.analysis.typeCheckingMode
To specify the level of type checking analysis performed;
- Default: off
- Available values: off, basic, strict
python.analysis.diagnosticMode
To allow a user to specify what files they want the language server to analyze to get problems flagged in their code.
- Default: openFileOnly
- Available values: workspace, openFileOnly
python.analysis.stubPaths
To allow a user to specify a path to a directory that contains custom type stubs. Each package’s type stub file(s) are expected to be in its own subdirectory
Default value: ./typings
python.analysis.autoSearchPaths
To automatically add search paths based on some predefined names (like
src).
- Default value: true
- Available values: true/false
python.analysis.diagnosticSeverityOverrides
To allow a user to override the severity levels for individual diagnostics should they desire.
- Available values:
error(red squiggle)warning(yellow squiggle)information(blue squiggle)none(disables the rule)
Rule can be found here
python.analysis.useLibraryCodeForTypes
To parse the source code for a package when a typestub is not found
- Default values: true
- Available values: true/false
