Visual Studio April update adds autonomous cloud agents and a new debugger agent

Microsoft is making Visual Studio more agentic. New tools handle remote coding tasks and analyze live app behavior to find ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Visual Studio 2026 Gives IntelliSense Priority in Longstanding Copilot Completion Clash

The April update suppresses Copilot completions while IntelliSense is active, addressing a long-running editor conflict.

Notepad++ Code Editor Comes to Mac After 20-Year Wait

The popular Notepad++ coding editor is now available as a native macOS app, following a successful open-source community port ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Devs Sound Off on Usage-Based Copilot Pricing Change: 'You Will Get Less, but Pay the Same Price'

GitHub Copilot is moving to usage-based billing on June 1, 2026, prompting user concerns about predictability, model access, monthly credit limits and whether unchanged plan prices will translate into ...
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Master your C++ dev setup on any system

Full IDEs like Visual Studio and CLion offer rich debugging, refactoring, and AI integration, while lightweight editors like VS Code provide speed and flexibility with extensions. The choice depends ...