VS Code starts debugging in integrated terminal instead of debug console

Originally the config below worked, but it seems to have been deprecated and it now throws an error:

    "console": "none" 

The new usage is:

    "console": "internalConsole"

There's a bug logged in GitHub to update the docs here.

Edit 3

As with the release 2019.4.0 of the python extension it is now possible to set the console option to internalConsole (#4321).

In .vscode/launch.json:

"console": "internalConsole"

Edit 2

As suggested in omartin2010's answer you can additionally set the option

"internalConsoleOptions": "openOnSessionStart"

to automatically open the debug console when starting debugging.

Edit 1

Setting the "console" option explicitly to "none" was originally the way to go (see answers), but now "none" is no longer valid (see Edit 3 above)

"console": "none"

Original answer

To ensure that the output is written to the debug console you can set the debugOptions. Adding the following entry to your configuration in yourlaunch.json should fix it:

"debugOptions": [
    "RedirectOutput"
]

It's also possible, as of I guess not too long ago, to add this option... not sure it was possible before:

{
...
            "internalConsoleOptions": "openOnSessionStart",
...
}

hope this helps

I had the same problem but I solved it by adding a new configuration at the top that looked like this:

{
    "name": "Python: Current File",
    "type": "python",
    "request": "launch",
    "program": "${file}",
    "console": "internalConsole"
},

I found this a better solution because I didn't have to change one of my other debug functions. In your case the "Python: Terminal (integrated)" debug option. Which I need as much as I need the debug console function. I use both function and they show the output where I want the output to be shown.