diff --git a/.vscode/launch.json b/.vscode/launch.json
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--- /dev/null
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+{
+  "version": "0.2.0",
+  "configurations": [
+    {
+      "name": "Python: Build",
+      "type": "python",
+      "request": "launch",
+      "program": "tools/build.py",
+      "console": "integratedTerminal",
+      "justMyCode": false
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "Python: Test OpenAPI Serialize",
+      "type": "python",
+      "request": "launch",
+      "program": "test/python/test_serialize.py",
+      "console": "integratedTerminal",
+      "justMyCode": false,
+      "preLaunchTask": "build"
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/.vscode/tasks.json b/.vscode/tasks.json
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+{
+  "version": "2.0.0",
+  "tasks": [
+    {
+      "label": "build",
+      "type": "shell",
+      "command": "python3 tools/build.py && java -jar openapi-generator-cli.jar generate -c test/python/openapi-generator-config.yaml -g python && python3 -m pip install ./python_generated"
+    }
+  ]
+}