Can't start vpython in VS Code

[Jim Kindsvater]

Hello all..  I am stymied.  When I try to "import vpython" in VS Code, I get a response as follows:

import vpython
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'vpython'

I can enter import python and then run some commands in the CMD window and in IDLE, but not in VS Code.  I run other Python programs in VSC so I know it works, but not VPython.

I've reinstalled Python several times and VS Code too.  I've checked the path list and Python is there.  I even copied the target address from "pip install vpython" and added it to the path, but nothing works.

Does anyone have a suggestion for what I can try?

Thanks, Jim

[John]

Have a look at this video tutorial on youtube about using VPython in VSCode

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJiVtz4Uj7M

[Bruce Sherwood]

Warning: The simple program the video shows ends with "while True: pass". This works with installed Python outside a notebook but locks up in Jupyter notebook and in Web VPython because the infinite loop without a rate() statement prevents rendering.  It works outside a notebook because the no-notebook case was implemented using threads.

I don't understand why the video has that infinite loop; the presenter says something about it being necessary, which I don't understand.

Bruce