Microsoft's installer for Visual Studio Code aims to help developers program in Java with the popular lightweight code editor by standardizing on the AdoptOpenJDK distribution of OpenJDK, the free ...

The popular Python for VS Code extension now has almost 15 million installs from Microsoft's VS Code extension marketplace, making it by far the most popular extension distributed on the site.

Microsoft also updates Java for VS Code with performance improvements to its IntelliSense code-competition tool.

GitHub Copilot free is now available directly within VS Code and includes access to 2,000 code completions and 50 chat messages per month.

9:45 am March 3, 2025 By Julian Horsey If you’ve ever found yourself staring at your Visual Studio Code (VS Code) setup, wondering if it could work just a little harder for you, you’re not alone.

The new free tier for VS Code aims to expand the AI-powered code completion assistant’s reach to a broader audience of developers — namely, those with only light usage needs and tighter budgets.