Getting Started

How to check Python is installed on a Windows machine ?
open command prompt
type "py"

Downloading

To install Python on Windows, go to the python.org download page and download Python 3.X.X.
Run the Python installer and accept all the defaults.
This will install Python in the following default folder:

folder - C:\Users\ "username" \AppData\Local\Programs\Python 

Make sure you add Python to PATH. This allows you to use the python command in a terminal to run Python programs
This will also allow you easily install packages using the pip command from inside VS Code
If you only have one version of Python installed then adding Python to PATH makes sense.

Open Spyder

Open VS Code

Install the extension called "Python"
Select (File > New File > Python File)
type the following

print("hello world!") 

select (File > Save As)

folder - C:\temp\python\Untitled-1.py 

Select the triangle in the top right corner (Run Python File)
You see the following message appear in the Terminal window at the bottom

link - code.visualstudio.com/docs/python/python-tutorial#_prerequisites 

link - vscodeedu.com/courses/intro-to-python