January 2025 Updated Solution

My setup uses uv for the package manager. uv is the fastest Python package manager, and VScode is the most common code editor.

To build a new venv with uv and VScode:

Open a new terminal

1. mkdir folder_name
2. cd folder_name
3. uv init
4. uv venv
5. source .venv/bin/activate
6. uv add ipykernel

Open the folder in VScode 7. Check Python and Jupyter VScode extension are installed and active. 8. Open a new .ipynb file. 9. Select venv kernel in right, top dropdown.(Select another kernel > venv in .venv folder) 10. For mac(OSX) > F1 (command pallette) > Python: Select interpreter > Select Python interpreter in .venv file.