There are quite a few popular options for a good IDE, with Visual Studio Code — more commonly known as VS Code — being a ...

The Python team at Microsoft is continuing its overhaul of environment management in Visual Studio Code, with the August 2025 release advancing the controlled rollout of the new Python Environments ...

The Python workload includes an optional “Python X (64-bit)” component that invokes the official CPython Windows installer (an .exe that chains MSIs). If the CPython installer returns a non-zero exit ...

A new study of integrated development environments (IDEs) like Microsoft Visual Studio Code, Visual Studio, IntelliJ IDEA, and Cursor has revealed weaknesses in how they handle the extension ...

What if the tools you’ve relied on for years suddenly became something entirely different? That’s the reality developers are waking up to as Visual Studio Code, once heralded as a lightweight and ...

The Tavily MCP Server seamlessly connects AI with external tools and data sources through the Model Context Protocol (MCP). It enables real-time web searches using “tavily-search” and facilitates ...

If you want to set and use Deepseek-R1 in Visual Studio Code, follow the steps below. Install Visual Studio Code Download Ollama Install the CodeGPT Extension Install DeepSeek models Use DeepSeek in ...

Chinese hackers targeting large IT service providers in Southern Europe were seen abusing Visual Studio Code (VSCode) tunnels to maintain persistent remote access to compromised systems. VSCode ...

Researchers have discovered malicious code circulating in the wild that hijacks the earliest stage boot process of Linux devices by exploiting a year-old firmware vulnerability when it remains ...

Zed, Eclipse Theia IDE, Lite XL, and Cursor all offer some advantages over VS Code, at least for now. Zed and Cursor stand apart. The conductor of my choir famously tells us singers, “I only want ...

Microsoft is looking to help users of Visual Studio Code editor use the Python language in the data science realm. The company has announced the Python Data Science Extension Pack for Visual Studio ...

Microsoft's dev teams for coding tooling like Visual Studio Code are strictly adamant about continually seeking feedback from developers and using it to improve their respective products, though it ...