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Microsoft made Copilot a co-author on every VS Code project, reverted after developers revolted
Microsoft is calling it a bug
Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2026 is down to $35
Copilot integration, a refreshed development environment, and a steep discount make this one worth a look
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Visual Studio 2026 is now available for download
Microsoft has released Visual Studio 2026, bringing a refreshed Fluent UI, faster performance, and integrated GitHub Copilot AI for assisted coding. The IDE adds full support for .NET 10, C# 14, and C++ 23/26, along with improved diagnostics through the new Profiler Agent.
Visual Studio Code brings AI model switching alongside UX upgrades
Visual Studio Code 1.104 brings major AI and safety improvements. GitHub Copilot now automatically selects the best AI model for each task, supporting GPT-5, Claude Sonnet 4, and Gemini Pro 2.5.
Visual Studio Code update brings GPT-5, improved tooling
Visual Studio Code has introduced a revamped tool picker and support for over 128 tools per agent request in MCP. Chat now features GPT-5 integration and checkpoints to restore previous states. Users can now manage multiple Git branches simultaneously, too.
Visual Studio Code includes GitHub Copilot for free
Visual Studio Code includes a free tier of GitHub Copilot for individual users (up to 2000 code completions/month), offering limited access to AI coding assistance. Users can ask coding questions, find bugs, edit multiple files, and more.
Windsurf Editor is a free IDE with Anthropic's AI integration
Featuring tools like AI Flows, Cascade, and Supercomplete, which streamline coding and debugging, Windsurf provides a robust IDE for individual developers and teams. Windsurf is free for individual use and available for Windows, macOS and Linux.
Visual Studio Code gets Copilot and IntelliSense upgrades
Visual Studio Code is offering improved test generation and chat history with GitHub Copilot, full project Intellisense and package typings on vscode.dev, and various other improvements on its latest release.
Visual Studio's latest release brings further improvements to GitHub Copilot AI
Among the changes in Visual Studio 2022 17.11.1, we find AI breakpoints to help you debug more efficiently, improved symbol recognition, and other productivity enhancements.
Visual Studio Code now lets you use dictate directly in the editor
The latest version of VS Code brings many useful updates including voice dictation with multi-language support, multi-cursor inline suggestions, and Copilot suggestions for dev containers.
Visual Studio Code now includes a GitHub Copilot preview
Popular source-code editor, VS Code now incorporates AI tool GitHub Copilot to enhance your skills. The latest version also includes accessibility and UI improvements.
Visual Studio Code is a solid code editor for pros and beginners alike
Compatible with all major programming languages, Microsoft offers the free Visual Studio Code editor that also lets you debug code, run tasks and do version control.
Visual Studio 2022 arrives with several improvements, download it here
Visual Studio 2022 improves Microsoft Azure and GitHub integration, adds Live Share and Xamarin for easy cloud-based storage, and the full suite of tools for C++20.
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Microsoft's Visual Studio Code can now run in a web browser
Say hello to the lighter lightweight version of Visual Studio
Facebook is moving to Microsoft's Visual Studio Code for internal development
The company will also contribute to improving remote development extensions
Visual Studio 2017 is out with new features, free Community Edition
Microsoft Visual Studio has been around for 20 years and the latest version shows why it's been a long time favorite among programmers. Offering up to date tools for popular languages, a cleaner interface and faster installation, Visual Studio 2017 can be used to develop apps for Windows, Android, iOS, the web and cloud – and for those getting started, the Community Edition is available free of charge.
Microsoft joins the Linux Foundation, launches test build of Visual Studio for Mac
A decade ago, this would have been blasphemy
