Visual Studio Code, also called Code/VS Code/VSCode, is a source-code editor made by Microsoft for Windows, Linux, and macOS. It includes support for debugging, syntax highlighting, intelligent code completion, snippets, code refactoring, and embedded Git.

It also includes support for custom themes that allows you to choose a color palette that minimizes your eye strain. This article will explore the top five Visual Studio Code themes that will enable you to maximize your productivity while enjoying a better visual experience with your favorite code editor.

Microsoft made several improvements to Visual Studio Code. With the latest update of Visual Studio Code (v1.72) the company brings enhanced customization options for Toolbar, better editor auto-scrolling, search results in a tree view, GitHub Enterprise Server authentication, and more.

For a detailed list of changes in Visual Studio Code version 1.72 (September 2022 Update), continue reading further.

This August, Microsoft made several improvements to Visual Studio Code. The latest version of Visual Studio Code comes as v1.71 and includes several improvements in spite of developers taking vacations. The new improvements include an updated merge editor, support to display embedded audio and video, shell integration for Git Bash, and more.

Visual Studio Code is a powerful IDE for web developers that resembles the functionality of Visual Studio in a lightweight interface. As it is quite long into the market, Microsoft recently releases Visual Studio Code version 1.62 (aka. Visual Studio Code October 2021 Update).

If you are using Visual Studio Code (VSCode) in your development environment to build web/cloud applications, you would like to learn about the features and improvements that it brought with the latest update. Here are the complete (official) release notes.

Microsoft announced the availability of Visual Studio Code and Visual Studio Community 2019 edition in Microsoft Store for Windows 11. That means if you are a Windows Insider and currently running Windows 11 Preview either from Dev Channel or Beta Channel, can now download Visual Studio Code and Visual Studio Community 2019 from the revamped Microsoft Store.

These are free offerings from Microsoft for the developers who want to build applications regardless of the app framework and packaging technology. For others, who are not yet on Windows 11 can download Visual Studio Community 2019 for free from here (official Microsoft download link).

Microsoft announces a new AI pair programmer "GitHub Copilot" for Visual Studio Code. This will help you to write better code by suggesting the entire block of code based on Machine Learning. At this moment, it is limited to Visual Studio Code in the Technical Preview stage.

GitHub Copilot works with a broad set of frameworks and languages, but at this moment it works better for Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, Ruby and Go. To know more about the GitHub Copilot, continue reading further.

Last year in June, Microsoft started working on the Pylance language server and announced that it will add the ability to supercharge your Python IntelliSense experience with rich type information, helping you write better code faster. Since then, it was in an early preview state.

Now, Microsoft has officially announced that Pylance will be the default language server for Python in Visual Studio Code. This means it will now add fast and feature-rich Python language support for the developers in VS Code.

Microsoft releases Visual Studio Code version 1.51 (October 2020 Update) with many new features. The key features of this build include more prominent pinned tabs, custom hover effects on extension trees, resizable suggestions, better source control integration, TypeScript 4.1 beta support, and more.

Here you can find the direct links to download the latest update of Visual Studio Code (VSCode) version 1.51 from the Microsoft server. Continue reading to learn what's new and improved in this version.

Microsoft announced the general availability of the new Microsoft Edge (Chromium) Tools for Visual Studio Code extension, which clubs two experimental extensions (Elements and Network), will now allow you to see what your code generates, and debug the code without switching between editor and browsers.

The extension will add the ability to see runtime HTML structure, modify the layout, fix CSS styles, and view the network requests without leaving your Visual Studio Code Editor. To know more, and to get the link to download Microsoft Edge Tools for VS Code, continue reading further.

Microsoft releases Visual Studio Code August 2020 (version 1.49) update. The new update comes with several new improvements such as the ability to format changed codes, change text casing, display pending changes per repository, filter debug console output and more.

To know more about the new features introduced in the latest Microsoft Visual Studio Code August 2020 Update, and to download the latest stable build, continue reading further.

Visual Studio Live Share extension for Visual Studio allows you to share a codebase and its context to collaborate within a team. Your team member can read, edit, navigate and debug the shared project seamlessly and securely.

To know more about Visual Studio Live Share and to grab the links to download this extension, continue reading this post.