Imagine platform-neutral, language-agnostic tools for writing code. Awesome, yes, but using tools like Visual Studio Code to compose your programmatic masterpiece will require a bit of rethinking.

January 2025 release of VS Code includes a Copilot feature that predicts the user’s next edit, a movable Command Palette, and no-config debugging for Python scripts. A just-released update of Visual ...

Fortunately, Visual Studio Code has a little terminal you can use to run commands without needing to swap between windows.

Microsoft has released version 1.100 – of its free source code editor Visual Studio Code, also known as April 2025 – after the development month. The release brings new features for GitHub Copilot ...

VSCodium avoids this entire issue. It is a community-driven option for those who don't want the proprietary distribution pipeline. VSCodium uses special build scripts to clone that exact open-source ...

The experimental Razor editor for Visual Studio introduced last summer has been updated and is "close to being ready for normal daily development." Microsoft last July announced the experimental Razor ...

Visual Studio Code, Microsoft’s no-cost and open source developer-oriented editor and debugger, has reached version 1.0. Over its short life, the editor has made itself remarkably popular, with ...

About a year ago, Microsoft launched Visual Studio Online, its online code editor based on the popular Visual Studio Code project. It’s basically a full code editor and hosted environment that lives ...

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Microsoft today launched the latest version of its Visual Studio tools for developers at an event in New York City. The new version includes a number of user interface improvements, smarter tools for ...

Microsoft is open sourcing Visual Studio (VS) Code, its light-weight code editor that works on Windows, Mac OS and Linux machines. Microsoft officials made the announcement on the first day of its two ...

A new version of Microsoft’s integrated development environment (IDE) goes live today with the release of Visual Studio 2019 and its cousin Visual Studio 2019 for Mac. Visual Studio is in a bit of a ...