Development tools on the Azure Data Science Virtual Machine

The Data Science Virtual Machine (DSVM) bundles several popular tools in one integrated development environment (IDE). The DSVM offers these tools:

Visual Studio Community Edition

Category	Value
What is it?	A general purpose IDE
Supported DSVM versions	Windows Server 2019: Visual Studio 2019
Typical uses	Software development
How is it configured and installed on the DSVM?	Data Science Workload (Python and R tools) Azure workload (Hadoop, Data Lake) Node.js SQL Server tools Azure Machine Learning for Visual Studio Code
How to use and run it	Desktop shortcut (C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe). Graphically, open Visual Studio by using the desktop icon or the Start menu. Search for programs (Windows logo key+S), followed by Visual Studio. From there, you can create projects in languages like C#, Python, R, and Node.js.

Note

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Visual Studio Code

Category	Value
What is it?	A general purpose IDE
Supported DSVM versions	Windows, Linux
Typical uses	Code editor and Git integration
How to use and run it	Desktop shortcut (C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft VS Code\Code.exe) in Windows, a desktop shortcut, or a terminal (code) in Linux

PyCharm

Category	Value
What is it?	A client IDE for the Python language
Supported DSVM versions	Windows 2019, Linux
Typical uses	Python development
How to use and run it	Desktop shortcut (C:\Program Files\tk) on Windows, or a desktop shortcut (/usr/bin/pycharm) on Linux