diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f2b0ec7e..81922244 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 .project
 .pydevproject
 .settings
+.venv
 dist
 MANIFEST
 __pycache__
diff --git a/.vscode/launch.json b/.vscode/launch.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0228d642
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/launch.json
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{
+    // Use IntelliSense to learn about possible attributes.
+    // Hover to view descriptions of existing attributes.
+    // For more information, visit: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=830387
+    "version": "0.2.0",
+    "configurations": [
+        {
+            "name": "Python: Module",
+            "type": "python",
+            "request": "launch",
+            "module": "unittest",
+            "args": [ "discover", "-p", "test_*.py"],
+            "env": {"PYTHONPATH": "${workspaceFolder}",
+                    "PYTHONSTARTUP": "${workspaceFolder}\\.venv\\Scripts\\activate"},
+            "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}\\tests"
+        }
+    ]
+}
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diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e452cf21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{
+    "python.testing.unittestArgs": [
+        "-v",
+        "-s",
+        "./tests",
+        "-p",
+        "test*.py"
+    ],
+    "python.testing.pytestEnabled": false,
+    "python.testing.nosetestsEnabled": false,
+    "python.testing.unittestEnabled": true,
+    "python.pythonPath": "C:\\Users\\jim\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python37\\python.exe"
+}
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