How to Set-Up Black to Automatically Reformat Your Code in Visual Studio Code

In this video, I will guide you through the process of installing and setting up Black to automatically reformat your Python code inside Visual Studio Code. Black is a powerful and popular code formatter that will help you maintain consistent style and formatting in your codebase. I will show you how to install Black, set it up in Visual Studio Code, and configure it to work automatically on file save.
Keywords: Black, Python code formatter, Visual Studio Code, automatic code formatting, code consistency, PEP 8, Python development, development tools.
Hashtags: #Black #Python #VisualStudioCode #CodeFormatting #PEP8 #DevelopmentTools #CodingTips #Productivity
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00:00 - What you will learn

[@eliesfeir4511]

Hi , I can’t see « python formatting provider » what could be the reason ?

[@ramanjaneyuluv479]

Same here

[@Fluttertrends]

Maybe you just added the VS Code extension if so try to check the box format on save searching "format on save" -> Settings -> Editor: format on save and in your settings.json add: "[python]": {
"editor.defaultFormatter": "ms-python.black-formatter"
}
To find the settings.json search for setting. in the Settings search box

[@RemiGft]

@@Fluttertrends Thanks a lot! I managed to activate "black" by checking "format on save" and when trying to save a Python file, VS Code asked me if I wanted to use "Black" to format the text by default.

[@Hex0202]

I'm a complete begginer to python,took me hours to look for the correct formatter settings but your video made it so simple lol thank you very much ! (also liked the var example at the end) help me verify its working

[@FedericoTartarini]

Glad it helped! Thank you for letting me know

[@BadBoyMT07]

I have no 'Python formatting provider' option

[@YoungHumanClub]

same here

[@FedericoTartarini]

You can follow this guide learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/python/formatting-python-code?view=vs-2022

[@ApexWalrus]

That is unfortunately for Visual Studio, not Visual Studio Code

[@davidfilestra8826]

Thank you for video! Formatting makes the code so beautiful and easily readable but I don't understand why Format On Type doesn't work, have encountered this issue?

[@FedericoTartarini]

No I have not encountered it but i manly use pycharm. I do not use vscode much.

[@morgana6598]

Great Video, thank you so much :)

[@FedericoTartarini]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@yanir.tzabary]

i dont have it on windows

[@SushilKoirala-p3f]

can I use single quotes with black

[@FedericoTartarini]

Black is quite opinionated so I am not sure you can change that. Look at their official documentation

[@costcut]

Great!

[@FedericoTartarini]

Thank you so much.