The AI coding war has intensified.

VS Code is no longer just an IDE.

If you’ve ever found yourself staring at your Visual Studio Code (VS Code) setup, wondering if it could work just a little harder for you, you’re not alone. As developers, we spend countless hours in ...

In the June 2025 update (v1.102), Microsoft Visual Studio Code puts GitHub Copilot front and center, with improvements spanning Copilot Chat, inline code completions, and editing workflows. These ...

July 2022 release of Microsoft’s code editor also introduces command-line options for opening the three-way merge editor in VS Code. Visual Studio Code 1.70, the latest release of Microsoft’s popular ...

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. Microsoft has ...

These surprising Visual Studio Code extensions aren't just for writing and editing code—though they'll also help you do that. Visual Studio Code is a terrific software development environment, and not ...

Visual Studio Code has introduced a robust suite of AI-driven features designed to enhance development workflows and improve productivity. Central to these advancements is Agent Mode, a tool that ...

As a tech journalist who quickly latched onto agentic AI to improve my editorial processes, I've become a Markdown maven. Markdown, as every Visual Studio Magazine reader knows, was previously best ...