Microsoft's latest VS Code update enables Copilot and custom agents to collaborate via the new Agent HQ. It also integrates ...

Learning to code is a lot harder than it sounds. Movie hackers make it look so easy, but shockingly, there's more to it than putting on a big coat and saying "mainframe" a bunch. If you're serious ...

D espite the programming landscape teeming with cool code editors, many developers (including yours truly) rely on Visual Studio Code to develop apps, create scripts, and edit con ...

Syntax highlighting and auto-complete with IntelliSense. Smart completions based on variable types, function definitions, and imported modules. It is Extensible and customizable, supports Git commands ...

Note that GitHub Copilot isn’t optimized for R; the documentation says Copilot works “especially well” for Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, Ruby, Go, C#, and C++. However, Copilot does make R code ...

A code generator built into Visual Studio 2008 is also available with the previous release, a fact that appears to be unbeknownst to developers. Microsoft is making an effort to promote this feature.

About three years ago Microsoft released a new source code editor for Windows, Linux, and macOS. This was named Visual Studio Code. It is way lighter IDE than various editions of the legendary Visual ...

Choosing between Visual Studio Code and Visual Studio may depend as much on your work style as on the language support and features you need. Here’s how to decide. For decades, when I got to work in ...