Interactive python console with autocomplete in VS code

Question

Is it possible to have an interactive REPL Python terminal in VS code with auto-complete capabilities?

I know you can:

1. Get a REPL window with 'Python: Start REPL', but that doesn't have auto-complete
2. Debug a Python project and when the debugger is paused use the 'Debug Console' as a REPL console with auto-complete capabilities.

It seems that the capability is there but I would like the auto-complete capabilities of the Debug console without having to run the debugger.

Is this possible?

Answer 1

You can try using IPython for such a REPL. Otherwise please keep an eye on our data science support as that just launched and we plan to continue to improve it.