The regular monthly update for Python in Visual Studio Code sees the dev team adding 'one of our most heavily requested features,' a new rename factoring experience.

Microsoft's Python in Visual Studio Code tool dev team announced a new experimental extension for setting up Python environments with an unusual name: WWBD, standing for "What Would Brett Do?" for ...

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.

VS Code supports code highlighting for Python without this extension. However, if you will be working with Python, you should install this extension.

Positron is Posit's new, free IDE for data science. Users can work with Python and R. It explicitly does not replace RStudio.