# vs code & kdb/q

**URL:** https://forum.kx.com/t/vs-code-kdb-q/12020
**Category:** Community Support
**Tags:** kdb-and-q
**Created:** [May 27, 2020, 2:41am UTC](https://forum.kx.com/t/vs-code-kdb-q/12020 "2020-05-27T02:41:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author: ![Ben\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a698b9/32.png) [@Ben\_R](https://forum.kx.com/u/Ben_R)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2020, 2:41am UTC](https://forum.kx.com/t/vs-code-kdb-q/12020/1 "2020-05-27T02:41:00Z")

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how can i run kdb/q code in visual studio code? I read that his extension is the most popular&nbsp;https://github.com/lwshang/vscode-q

Python was easy to set up (for example) as all you had to do was point a setting to the python.exe path.&nbsp; I dont see the same thing for kdb/q

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### Author: ![dfallon1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@dfallon1](https://forum.kx.com/u/dfallon1)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2023, 12:24pm UTC](https://forum.kx.com/t/vs-code-kdb-q/12020/2 "2023-09-27T12:24:00Z")

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