How can I get VS's python syntax highlighting in VS code?

Question

It seems like VS Community with python tools has a better syntax highlighting than VS Code with \"Python\" by Don Jayamanne. As you can see in the picture attached, VS Community

Answer 1

I've tried some workarounds, but the one that worked for me was installing: Python extension for Visual Studio Code

It comes with much more than you need, but solves the issue without patchwork.

VS Code About: Version: 1.52.1 (system setup)

settings.json:

{
    "window.zoomLevel": 0,
    "workbench.editorAssociations": [
        {
            "viewType": "jupyter.notebook.ipynb",
            "filenamePattern": "*.ipynb"
        }
    ],
    "git.ignoreMissingGitWarning": true,
    "workbench.colorTheme": "Default Dark+",
    "editor.suggestSelection": "first",
    "vsintellicode.modify.editor.suggestSelection": "automaticallyOverrodeDefaultValue",
    "python.languageServer": "Microsoft",
}