Template: Blender script

Setup

Python:

1. Install Python 3 from https://www.python.org/ and enable Add to PATH option during install.
2. Disable the placeholder aliases python.exe and python3.exe in Start Menu → Manage app execution aliases

VSCode:

1. Install VSCode from https://code.visualstudio.com/.
2. Open this folder in VSCode: it will prompt you to install recommended extensions (the list is defined in /.vscode/extensions.json).
3. When you have a .py file open in VSCode, click Select Interpreter (in the status bar at the bottom) to pick the Python version you just installed.
4. Open a Terminal in VSCode and run: pip install fake-bpy-module-3.2 (to match Blender 3.2.x)
5. Restart VSCode

At this stage, you should have Intellisense for simple scripts:

import math
print(math.pi)

and Blender scripts:

import bpy
bpy.ops.mesh.primitive_monkey_add()

Run in Blender

1. In Blender Scripting workspace, in the text editor, click Open and locate your .py file. This will open it in Blender's text editor.
2. Click the triangle button Run Script to execute it once.
3. From now on, you can edit in VSCode but it won't show the changed script in Blender's text editor unless you click the red Resolve conflict → Reload from disk button.

You can skip clicking Reload and click only Run using a second scrip, see template External Script Stub and https://docs.blender.org/api/current/info_tips_and_tricks.html#executing-external-scripts.