title: How to Use a Jupyter Notebook in Visual Studio 2017?
body: <p>Visual Studio 2017 now supports use of a Jupyter Notebook.</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/visualstudio/2017/05/12/a-lap-around-python-in-visual-studio-2017/#comment-253715" rel="noreferrer">A Lap Around Python in Visual Studio 2017</a></p>
  
  <p>According to the MSDN blog post:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>To work with a notebook, simply download your IPYNB file as a .py file and open it in Visual Studio. You’ll see that markdown cells have been turned into comments and each cell is collapsible and expandable.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>When I download a IPYNB file, rename to a .py file, it displays in the VS editor as a JSON file containing markdown. I was expecting to see a markdown file. What am I missing?</p>