Although Python can be coded directly in Blender, the editor is rudimentary. In the past, I’ve enjoyed using Visual Studio Code on the MacBook, so I decided to instal it on the Dell PC as well (version 1.56.1).

Then I installed the Python extension, which helps with syntax colouring and so on. I imported the code I was working on to build a deck model, and was told to instal Python itself. Ok, so I did that too (version 3.9.5).