Microsoft has published a stable version of the C++ extension for its popular open-source cross-platform code editor, Visual Studio Code, with support for Arm-based computers and new productivity ...

One of the most notable highlights of this update is the comprehensive integration of GPT-5 within Visual Studio. Developers can now directly leverage GPT-5's powerful code generation, code ...

In August 2025, Visual Studio 2022 (v17.14) received a significant update aimed at providing developers with a more efficient development environment, allowing them to focus more on programming. This ...

The process of taking an idea and turning it into usable software can be long and tedious. Want to streamline it all and get your projects to market faster? Then you need Microsoft Visual Studio ...

Microsoft has released an updated version of its hugely popular Python Extension for Visual Studio Code. The updated Python extension is available for download from Microsoft's Visual Studio Code (VS ...

NEW YORK—Decades after introducing IntelliSense, the code completion and information features that transform Visual Studio into something more than just a text editor, Microsoft is introducing ...

Ask any software developer about their thoughts on pair programming and you're likely to get a wide range of answers. The idea is having two people share a keyboard and computer while they code. This ...

With the release candidate for the latest version of its Visual Studio IDE, Microsoft is offering better C/C++ operations and has fixed a number of performance issues. Visual Studio 2015 Update 2 RC, ...

The Visual Studio Code team continues to add Java functionality to Microsoft's open source, cross-platform code editor via extensions, just launching a new batch for working with Maven, Tomcat and ...

The TIOBE index report on programming language popularity each month picks one language for special attention, which in the December edition is Visual Basic.NET because it reached an all-time high.

From new features like async return types and advice on when to use the latest structures, here's Microsoft MVP Jason Bock's top tips for developers currently working with concurrent and asynchronous ...

Kotlin is all the rage now that it has been deemed a first-class programming language for developing Android apps. Actually, it's been raging all on its own for a while now, as evidenced by the Stack ...