# Could your Slicer Jupyter kernel work in VS code now?

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/could-your-slicer-jupyter-kernel-work-in-vs-code-now/20894>\
**Category:** Development\
**Tags:** python\
**Created:** [December 3, 2021, 3:45am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/could-your-slicer-jupyter-kernel-work-in-vs-code-now/20894 "2021-12-03T03:45:39Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 3, 2021, 3:45am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/could-your-slicer-jupyter-kernel-work-in-vs-code-now/20894/1 "2021-12-03T03:45:39Z")

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Could your Slicer Jupyter kernel work in VS code now?

- [Vscode Jupyter Server · Issue #55 · Slicer/SlicerJupyter](https://github.com/Slicer/SlicerJupyter/issues/55)

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**Author:** ![lassoan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/lassoan/32/13_2.png) [@lassoan](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/lassoan)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2021, 7:03pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/could-your-slicer-jupyter-kernel-work-in-vs-code-now/20894/2 "2021-12-03T19:03:05Z")

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VS Code can be used with some complications. I’ve posted the details here:

> <https://github.com/Slicer/SlicerJupyter/issues/55#issuecomment-985273436>
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> Hi, 
> I was hoping to use Vscode as it had support for Jupyter notebooks. I have… been unable to get it to place nicely however and the kernel is recognized but refuses to start. 
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> !\[image\](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/69650301/107170737-1fd19200-698f-11eb-9ada-ee91417f40ca.png)
> \_kernel recognized\_
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> !\[image\](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/69650301/107170784-32e46200-698f-11eb-92cd-2e5b5b58b5ca.png)
> \_kernel selected\_
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> !\[image\](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/69650301/107170840-53acb780-698f-11eb-9971-9fa8e6f3500a.png)
> \_attempt to switch to slicer kernel but fails silently\_
> 
> The kernel starts correctly when connecting to the browser based jupyter notebooks. Would you have any suggestions as to what i would need to modify to get Vscode to start the kernel?
> 
> Thanks for creating this wonderful extension!