无法在VSCode中调试第一个最简单的Python脚本

Question

Just installed VS Code 1.20.1 on my Mac OSX 10.13.3 and am following a tutorial on LinkedIn. I'm getting an error when trying to run a simple "Hello World" script, and can't figure out the solution.

Here's my script, and my launch.json section relevant to this debug run.

#
# Example file for HelloWorld
#

def main():
  print('hello world')

if __name__ == '__main__':
  main()

Screen grab of VSCode Hello World Python script

{
    "name": "Python",
    "type": "python",
    "request": "launch",
    "stopOnEntry": true,
    "pythonPath": "${config:python.pythonPath}",
    "program": "${file}",
    "cwd": "",
    "env": {},
    "envFile": "${workspaceFolder}/.env",
    "debugOptions": [
    "RedirectOutput"
    ]
},

My launch.json file

Answer 1

This is because the program attribute of your launch.json file is set wrong. ${file} (as you set it) tells vscode to use the current file for debugging, so the launch.json . So just change that entry to the following:

"program": "${workspaceFolder}/path/to/your/helloworld_start.py"

To get started with python and vscode I would recommend you the official docs .