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Task 2

Created: 2026-03-10

  1. Download and install VS Code
  2. By convention, open the Command Prompt and navigate to your project directory and execute the command code . to open VS Code with the current folder as the current folder
  3. Identify the following components of the GUI: Main menu, left side vertical Toolbar, left Primary Side Bar, Editor Window, Right Secondary Side Bar, bottom Panel, Status bar at bottom
  4. Check how the content of the Primary Side Bar changes as well as it opens and closes when one of the icons on the vertical Toolbar is clicked
  5. Explore the Settings () at the bottom of the toolbar.
  6. Search for and install Microsoft Python extension by clicking on the Extensionsbutton (or press Ctrl+Shift+X)
  7. Open the Explorer button on the Toolbar (or press Ctrl+Shift+E) to open the file explorer and create a file named example01.py and type the following program with just a single line of code print("Hello, world!") and run the script by opening the terminal (frrom main menu, click View Terminal) and execute the script and verify that the output Hello, world! appears in the terminal.