VS Code supports code highlighting for Python without this extension. However, if you will be working with Python, you should install this extension.

Microsoft officially pounded the last nail into the open source Microsoft Python Language Server coffin, replacing it with the company's proprietary Pylance extension for coding with Python in Visual ...

Visual Studio Code developers who subscribe to Insiders builds of Microsoft's Python extension now have access to improved support for the Jedi language server, which provides specific 'smarts' for ...