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Why everyone should use VS Code (even if they aren't programmers)

When Visual Studio Code (VS Code) was released in 2015, it revolutionized code editing. But it can do so much more for the average person who doesn't write code (yet). Let's explore how it can be ...

Claude outages lay bare software developers' growing reliance on AI: 'I guess I'll write code like a caveman'

AI tools like Claude are becoming embedded in engineers' day-to-day work, which means outages can send them back to an ...

Pixel Agents Creates a Pixel Office View for Your AI Coding Agents

Pixel Agents adds a pixel office view in VS Code; six character styles show coding, searching, or idle states, useful for ...
The Verge

GitHub adds Claude and Codex AI coding agents

Microsoft-owned GitHub continues to embrace OpenAI and Anthropic AI advances. Microsoft-owned GitHub continues to embrace OpenAI and Anthropic AI advances. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, ...
InfoWorld

Visual Studio Code adds agent development extension

The Copilot Studio extension lets developers use any VS Code-compatible AI assistant to develop AI agents, then sync with Copilot Studio for testing and iteration. Microsoft is offering a Microsoft ...
InfoWorld

Getting started with GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio or VS Code

The way software is developed has undergone multiple sea changes over the past few decades. From assembly language to cloud-native development, from monolithic architecture to microservices, from ...
Bleeping Computer

Microsoft Copilot Studio extension for VS Code now publicly available

Microsoft announced that the Copilot Studio extension for the Visual Studio Code (VS Code) integrated development environment is now available to all users. Developers can use it to build and manage ...
Infosecurity-magazine.com

Malware Discovered in 19 Visual Studio Code Extensions

A campaign involving 19 Visual Studio (VS) Code extensions that embed malware inside their dependency folders has been uncovered by cybersecurity researchers. Active since February 2025 but identified ...
Windows Report

How to Install Visual Studio Code on Windows Step by Step

You start by getting the official installer from the Visual Studio Code website. Open your preferred browser on Windows. Go to the Visual Studio Code download page ...
Bleeping Computer

Glassworm malware returns in third wave of malicious VS Code packages

The Glassworm campaign, which first emerged on the OpenVSX and Microsoft Visual Studio marketplaces in October, is now in its third wave, with 24 new packages added on the two platforms. OpenVSX and ...
InfoQ

Google Brings Colab Integration to Visual Studio Code

A monthly overview of things you need to know as an architect or aspiring architect. Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Google Joins AI IDE Race to Compete with VS Code, Apparently Forking VS Code

Google has entered the fast-emerging category of AI-first coding environments with Google Antigravity, an agentic development platform that aims to reimagine the IDE in the era of autonomous coding ...