Microsoft announced a new extension pack for Visual Studio Code that bundles tools for Python development, assisted by the AI-powered GitHub Copilot and a data wrangler. The new Python Data Science ...

Microsoft's Python in Visual Studio Code dev team has begun to break up its big, super-popular extension into separate tools in the regular monthly update for April 2022. The team manages the Python ...

The Visual Studio Code product itself ships under a standard Microsoft product license, as it has a small percentage of Microsoft-specific customizations. It’s free despite the commercial license.

Visual Studio Code, the popular development text editor and IDE, has rolled out its big July 2025 release. The v1.103 update adds new Git and terminal integrations, better language support, and more.