Python might be the most popular programming language in the world, but unlike other frontrunner JavaScript, you can't run Python code in the browser.

In the December update to Python in Visual Studio Code, developers can experiment with a new preview feature that lets them run and debug Python code in the browser.

Microsoft brings lots of new features and improvements to its popular open-source code editor, Visual Studio Code.

Unfortunately, the Python extensions, which need a language server, and Debug and Run functionality for any language, are absent from Visual Studio Code for the Web.

Code cells from Python scripts by default will still be executed in a same interactive window, but developers can now configure the Python extension to run separate files in separate interactive ...