The MSVC Build Tools Preview is updated regularly with the latest features and fixes from the MSVC (Microsoft C++) development team. The MSVC team’s updates for August 2026, targeting the Visual ...

VS Code model picker now allows users to switch between Anthropic and Copilot providers between turns reconfiguring the agent host. Microsoft has released Visual Studio Code 1.133, an update to its ...

Visual Studio Code is an advanced editor that supports just about every programming language in use today. That is why Visual Studio Code has more buttons, knobs, and switches than a Martian starship.

Spread the loveIf you’re spending any significant amount of time writing code, you know that every second counts. Repetitive ...

Spread the loveWhen you’re diving into the world of programming, especially with Python, the tools you choose can profoundly ...

A developer returning to Visual Studio after almost a decade struggled with automatic completions, inline suggestions and popups. A Reddit discussion does not establish whether the main culprit was ...

Visual Studio 18.9 Insiders links the Copilot prompt box's context-usage indicator to developers' full monthly plan-usage details. The underlying usage window and quota alerts debuted in the June ...

Rust holds its top 10 spot, Python stays No. 1, the leading languages keep their July positions, and MATLAB drops out of TIOBE’s top 20 in August. Rust held onto its place in the TIOBE Index top 10 in ...