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Python in Visual Studio Code – July 2024 Release

July 9, 2024 Jul 9, 2024 07/9/24
Courtney Webster
The July 2024 release of the Python and Jupyter extensions for Visual Studio Code are now available. This month's updates include a new tool for more performant environment discovery, improved support for reStructuredText docstrings, and community contributed Pixi support. Keep reading to learn more!

Python in Visual Studio Code – June 2024 Release

June 6, 2024 Jun 6, 2024 06/6/24
Courtney Webster
The June 2024 release of the Python and Jupyter extensions for Visual Studio Code are now available. This month's updates include an experimental Python REPL with Intellisense and syntax highlighting, and pytest improvements on the testing rewrite. Keep reading to learn more!

Announcing Data Wrangler: Code-centric viewing and cleaning of tabular data in Visual Studio Code

May 7, 2024 May 7, 2024 05/7/24
Jeffrey Mew
Today, we are excited to announce the general availability of the Data Wrangler extension for Visual Studio Code! Data Wrangler is a free extension that offers data viewing and cleaning that is directly integrated into VS Code and the Jupyter extension. It provides a rich user interface to view and analyze your data, show insightful column ...

Python in Visual Studio Code – May 2024 Release

May 3, 2024 May 3, 2024 05/3/24
Courtney Webster
The May 2024 release of the Python and Jupyter extensions for Visual Studio Code are now available. This month's updates include a new Pylance code action and setting, removal of debugpy from the Python extension, socket disablement for testing scenarios, and Pylance performance updates. Keep reading to learn more!

Python in Visual Studio Code – April 2024 Release

April 4, 2024 Apr 4, 2024 04/4/24
Courtney Webster
The April 2024 release of the Python and Jupyter extensions for Visual Studio Code are now available. This month's updates include an improved debug config flow for Django and Flask, module and import analysis for Run Dependent Cells, Hatch environment discovery, automatic environment selection for popular tools, and Report Issue command improvements. Keep reading to learn more!

Python in Visual Studio Code – March 2024 Release

February 28, 2024 Feb 28, 2024 02/28/24
Courtney Webster
The March 2024 release of the Python and Jupyter extensions for Visual Studio Code are now available. This month's updates include new add import Code Actions from Pylance, improvements for developing and testing web apps, shell integration in the Python REPL, and improved language support for local Jupyter servers. Keep reading to learn more!

Python in Visual Studio Code – February 2024 Release

February 1, 2024 Feb 1, 2024 02/1/24
Courtney Webster
The February 2024 release of the Python and Jupyter extensions for Visual Studio Code are now available. This month's updates include the Python Debugger extension installed by default, option to create a virtual environment in the interpreter Quick Pick, built-in variable viewer with Jupyter, new diagnostic rules with Pylance, and triggered breakpoints in VS Code. Keep reading to learn more!

Join us for AI Chat App Hack from Jan. 29 – Feb.12

January 16, 2024 Jan 16, 2024 01/16/24
Pamela Fox
The Microsoft AI Chat App Hack is a two-week virtual hackathon where you can learn how to build a chat app with Python, using the RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation) approach with OpenAI and Azure AI Search. You’ll also get to meet other Python developers and learn from Microsoft engineers on live streams.