A new Test Explorer highlights the February release of the Python extension for Visual Studio Code, by far the most popular tool in the marketplace, installed more than 6.5 million times. The Python ...

Microsoft is converting the baked-in Python IntelliSense support in Visual Studio into an open source standalone product and previewing it in the new update to the VS Code Python extension. Visual ...

On top of all the Visual Studio announcements at Ignite 2019 in Orlando today, Microsoft also shared some notable improvements to Visual Studio IntelliCode, which uses AI to offer intelligent ...

Microsoft’s Python language extension for the Visual Studio Code editor has added beta data-science capabilities that support data exploration and incorporation of machine learning models. Developers ...

One thing that most application developers and testers eventually encounter -- especially when working with complex applications or across large teams -- is code smells. "Smelly" code means that the ...

Microsoft has released the May 2020 update for its Python extension for Visual Studio Code (VS Code), its popular open-source, cross-platform code editor. Users should update the extension to address ...

Refactoring is a vital part of software code maintenance. This restructuring process improves the code's readability and extensibility -- it might even address looming flaws before users experience ...

Microsoft is looking to help users of Visual Studio Code editor use the Python language in the data science realm. The company has announced the Python Data Science Extension Pack for Visual Studio ...

The goal of code refactoring is to fight software entropy and improve nonfunctional attributes of the software. For example, refactoring can help make software code more efficient, resolve bugs, and ...