Numerous new functions for the AI assistant, MCP support and accessibility features are among the updates in this release.

JavaScript and TypeScript features considered for Visual Studio Code. For JavaScript, Microsoft’s plans call for improving the discoverability in the use of TypeScript to type-check JavaScript code.

Visual Studio Code is a lightweight IDE from Microsoft for developers to write code in a variety of languages like Python, PHP and more. It has inbuilt support for Git as well.

Microsoft's latest Visual Studio Code update adds custom instructions and reusable prompts for the Chat feature. The April 2025 release also includes better multi-window support.

Visual Studio Code tooling has been updated with support for Java 12, new code actions, new debugging features, Maven enhancements and more. Those goodies come with the Java Extension Pack, comprising ...

News. Latest Features in Updated Visual Studio Code. By David Ramel; August 19, 2020; The latest update of Microsoft's popular open-source, cross-platform Visual Studio Code editor (version 1.48) ...

Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code’s PowerShell tooling is designed primarily to work with the PowerShell 7.2 long-term support release, though the older PowerShell 5.1 is still supported for ...

Visual Studio Code 1.62 also features a preview of Visual Studio Code for the Web, a zero-install experience running in the browser. The predecessor Visual Studio Code 1.6.1 was released last month.

"Starting in Visual Studio 2022 17.1 Preview 2, developers can now perform Code Cleanup automatically when a file is being saved!" said Microsoft product manager Denizhan Yigitbas in a Jan. 10 blog ...

Download Visual Studio Code Insider. ... That said, if you are already using it, and want to try unreleased features, then you can download Visual Studio Code Insider from the VSCode Insider page.