By following these step-by-step instructions, you can easily add a Python interpreter to Visual Studio Code, enabling seamless Python development within the editor environment.

Python 3.14, due out later this year, is set to receive a new type of interpreter that can boost performance by up to 5% with no changes to existing code.

Official support for free-threaded Python, an experimental JIT, and a smarter installation manager for Windows are among the goodies in Python 3.14. Now in a release candidate.