How do I set up a Windows laptop, from scratch, to use VSCode with robotpy?

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This question comes from extreme ignorance, and after much searching, I could find no true beginner’s guide to getting an environment set up for FRC in VSCode using robotpy. Here’s a skeleton outline, with many blanks:

  1. Follow robotpy Computer Installation, including installing python, the Visual Studio redistributable package, and “all” the robotpy vendor components.
  2. Install the default download for VSCode here: https://code.visualstudio.com/ ?
  3. Install some extension to VSCode to make python programming work well?
  4. Install some other extension to check syntax for python in VSCode?
  5. Create a github account.
  6. Install git?
  7. ?

I don’t know which things are bundled, which things require custom versions, etc. Basically, I want a series of steps any student can follow on a normal Windows laptop and wind up with everything most recommended to write, test, and run simulations with Python code for FRC RoboRIO.

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Here is our student setup guide.

To install stuff on the rio, there is documentation at Robot Installation — RobotPy 2023 documentation

To get a full setup, just use "robotpy[all]" instead of robotpy

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That is perfect (and not too far off from my bumbling around)!

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