01

Install the python extension

02

Open folder in vs code where project will be

03

Create a new python script called main.py

You can 'select the python interpreter' at the bottom right of the screen.
Or press
'command + shift + P'
for the command pallate and select the interepeter that way

This is useful if script needs to run in a different version of python like python 2.0

you can also enter the path to the interpreter here if it is located somewhere else