Microsoft has announced the first generally available release of the C++ extension for Visual Studio Code, which includes support for Linux on ARM and ARM64, rich code formatting settings, and more.

TL;DR: Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2026 adds AI-driven features to simplify coding and boost accuracy, helping developers code faster at a more accessible price point. Coding isn’t an easy ...

VS Code 1.115 introduced a preview Agents app in VS Code Insiders. VS Code 1.116 added persistent debug logs for current and past agent sessions. Both releases expanded how agents work with terminals, ...

Mads Kristensen used a VSLive! keynote to publicly discuss Visual Studio 2027 and frame it as part of a broader shift in how the IDE will evolve . The session focused on AI-assisted development, ...

Developers and analysts suggest that extending Visual Studio Code with AI tools like GitHub Copilot, Codex, and Claude is proving more effective than building entirely new AI-focused editors. VS ...

Preview of new companion app allows developers to run multiple agent sessions in parallel across multiple repos and iterate on human and agent reviews. Visual Studio Code 1.115, the latest release of ...

The software industry is racing to write code with artificial intelligence. It is struggling, badly, to make sure that code holds up once it ships. A survey of 200 senior site-reliability and DevOps ...

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