In theory, you can start a Python project with nothing but an empty directory, or as little as a directory with a single (empty) main.py file. The first time you open a project directory with VS ...

Once the Python file is saved in Notepad ... accessible from the "All Programs" directory of the Start menu. Inside the window, the programmer would just execute the script by using the following ...

The file isn’t saved ... changed my working directory to the project directory, created and activated a Python virtual environment, and then installed the necessary packages.