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• Visual Studio Code 1.62 brings workbench enhancements

  October 2021 release of the popular open source code editor features a raft of usability improvements, while work continues on process sandboxing.

• Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 arrives

  64-bit upgrade to Microsoft’s flagship IDE ushers in new features to support faster, easier coding and larger, more complex projects.

• Microsoft previews Visual Studio Code for the Web

  Browser-based code editor does have limitations, company warns, but the coding experience is nearly identical to the desktop for web languages.

• Visual Studio Code adds split editor capability

  New ‘Split in Group’ command allows Visual Studio Code users to work in two editors side by side, vertically or horizontally, on the same file.

• Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 is due in early November

  Redmond has made a version 17.0 release candidate and Preview 5 of the newly 64-bit IDE available with a go-live licence for production use.

• Visual Studio Code 1.58 improves debugging, Jupyter Notebook support

  With the June 2021 release of VS Code, Microsoft also unveiled plans for improving the editor’s Java support in coming months.

• GitHub unveils AI coding assistant for Visual Studio Code

  GitHub Copilot is an OpenAI-powered Visual Studio Code extension that can suggest lines of code or entire functions as you type.

• Accessibility improvements coming to Visual Studio

  Microsoft is looking to improve the accessibility of its flagship IDE with features such as audio cues and whitespace rendering controls.

• Visual Studio Code adds Workplace Trust for code editing safety

  The latest version of Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code editor, Version 1.57, is now available, with code execution security a key capability.

• Microsoft equips Visual Studio Code with extension for Project Tye microservices

  Microsoft is offering a Visual Studio Code extension to help developers use the Project Tye .NET tool for building microservices and distributed apps.

• Visual Studio 2019 upgrade brings C++ 20 support

  Microsoft said its compiler and standard library are feature-complete for C++ 20 in Visual Studio 2019 16.10.

• Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 preview is coming soon

  According to Microsoft, the next major upgrade to its flagship IDE will be faster, more streamlined, more intelligent and 64-bit.

• Visual Studio 2019 16.9 brings memory error detection, C++ capabilities

  Microsoft has made Visual Studio 2019 16.9 generally available and unveiled a preview of Visual Studio 2019 16.10.

• Microsoft Visual Studio 16.9 preview enhances C++ tooling

  Latest update to Microsoft’s signature IDE adds command line tools for C++, MVVM tools for XAML, and IntelliSense improvements.

• .NET nanoFramework taps C# for embedded systems

  Follow-up to .NET Micro Framework brings IoT, wearables, and robotics development to .NET developers and Visual Studio.