diff --git a/.vscode/extensions.json b/.vscode/extensions.json
index bd730489b7..18e4a84902 100644
--- a/.vscode/extensions.json
+++ b/.vscode/extensions.json
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 {
     "recommendations": [
+        "esbenp.prettier-vscode",
+        "ms-python.python",
+        "ms-python.vscode-pylance",
+        "charliermarsh.ruff",
+        "tamasfe.even-better-toml",
+        "editorconfig.editorconfig",
+        "matangover.mypy",
         "DragMZ.teal"
     ]
 }
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ada06fe885
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+{
+    // General - see also /.editorconfig
+    "editor.formatOnSave": true,
+    "editor.codeActionsOnSave": {
+        // Don't want to use isort because it conflicts with Ruff - see run on save below
+        "source.organizeImports": true,
+        "source.fixAll": true
+    },
+    "editor.defaultFormatter": "esbenp.prettier-vscode",
+    "files.exclude": {
+        "**/.git": true,
+        "**/.DS_Store": true,
+        "**/Thumbs.db": true,
+        ".mypy_cache": true,
+        ".pytest_cache": true,
+        ".ruff_cache": true,
+        "**/__pycache__": true,
+        ".idea": true
+    },
+
+    // Python
+    "python.defaultInterpreterPath": "${workspaceFolder}/.venv",
+    "python.analysis.extraPaths": ["${workspaceFolder}/src"],
+    "[python]": {
+        "editor.defaultFormatter": "charliermarsh.ruff"
+    },
+    "python.analysis.typeCheckingMode": "basic",
+    "ruff.enable": true,
+    "ruff.lint.run": "onSave",
+    "ruff.lint.args": ["--config=pyproject.toml"],
+    "ruff.importStrategy": "fromEnvironment",
+    "ruff.fixAll": true, //lint and fix all files in workspace
+    "ruff.organizeImports": true, //organize imports on save
+    "ruff.codeAction.disableRuleComment": {
+        "enable": true
+    },
+    "ruff.codeAction.fixViolation": {
+        "enable": true
+    },
+
+    "mypy.configFile": "pyproject.toml",
+    // set to empty array to use config from project
+    "mypy.targets": [],
+    "mypy.runUsingActiveInterpreter": true,
+    "python.testing.unittestEnabled": false,
+    "python.testing.pytestEnabled": true,
+
+    "python.testing.pytestArgs": ["."]
+}