🖥️ Developed using Microsoft Visual Studio Code

The automation files, used to prepare the virtual environment and run the scripts, are located in the .vscode folder.

File Descriptions

📄 File: tasks.json. 👉 Documented below: 🧭 Running Tasks

  - task: PowerShell Create virtual environment

    Once the Python version has been selected and installed, the disk path to python_bin is configured to create the virtual environment. Commands are executed in the samples root folder.

  - task: PowerShell Delete Temporary Files:

    venv/
    tmp/
    logs/

📄 File: launch.json. 👉 Documented below: 🐞 Running Launch Configurations

  Once created in a virtual environment, from vscode, by clicking on a file, for example: scripts/python/sample_01_connection_status.py, proceed to use the "Run and Debug (Ctrl+Shift+D)" option, which executes <sample>.py using the virtual environment.

  The script will be executed using the assigned virtual environment binary.
  > .\venv\Scripts\python.exe ... <sample>.py

▶️ Execution modes

🧭 Running Tasks

⌨️ Keyboard method

1. Press:
   Ctrl + Shift + P (Windows / Linux)
   Cmd + Shift + P (macOS)
2. Type:
   Tasks: Run Task
3. Press Enter
4. Select the task you want to run.

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🖱️ Mouse method

1. Open the menu:
   View → Command Palette…
2. Type Tasks: Run Task
3. Click on the option.
4. Select the task from the list.

🐞 Running Launch Configurations (Run / Debug)

Launch configurations in .vscode/launch.json allow running or debugging Python scripts in a controlled way.

⌨️ Keyboard method

• F5 → Start debugging
• Ctrl + F5 → Run without debugging

To select another configuration:

1. Press Ctrl + Shift + P
2. Type: Debug: Select and Start Debugging
3. Select the desired launch configuration.

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🖱️ Mouse method

1. Open the Run and Debug view (icon ▶️🐞).
2. At the top, select the launch configuration from the dropdown menu.
3. Click:
4. ▶️ Run to execute
5. ▶️🐞 Start Debugging to debug