At its core, VS Code is built on an open source project called Code OSS, published under the permissive MIT license.

VS Code 1.105 also introduces a built-in MCP server marketplace and allows users to resume recent Copilot Chat sessions.

Imagine platform-neutral, language-agnostic tools for writing code. Awesome, yes, but using tools like Visual Studio Code to compose your programmatic masterpiece will require a bit of rethinking.

Microsoft released its first cross-platform code editor named Visual Studio Code recently. The software giant has recently launched the preview version of its fast, easy to use, cross platform code ...

Announced at Microsoft's Build 2015 developers conference a year ago, Visual Studio Code -- the company's lightweight cross-platform code editor -- has hit the 1.0 milestone. Microsoft officials ...

Copilot Planning Mode in Visual Studio 2022 gives developers structured, transparent AI assistance for complex coding tasks.

Visual Studio Code, Microsoft’s no-cost and open source developer-oriented editor and debugger, has reached version 1.0. Over its short life, the editor has made itself remarkably popular, with ...

Microsoft is open sourcing Visual Studio (VS) Code, its light-weight code editor that works on Windows, Mac OS and Linux machines. Microsoft officials made the announcement on the first day of its two ...

Microsoft today launched the latest version of its Visual Studio tools for developers at an event in New York City. The new version includes a number of user interface improvements, smarter tools for ...