This configuration tells VS Code to run "$workspaceFolder/manage.py" using the selected Python interpreter and the arguments in the args list. Launching the VS Code debugger with this configuration, then, is the same as running python manage.py runserver in the VS Code Terminal with your activated virtual environment. (You can add a port number like "5000" to args if desired.) The "django": true entry also tells VS Code to enable debugging of Django page templates, which you see later in this tutorial.