Latest VS Code update introduces prepackaged bundles of chat customizations that can include skills, commands, agents, MCP servers, and hooks.

Visual Studio Code 1.110 (February 2026) adds new agent extensibility, browser-driving chat tools, and expanded chat accessibility.

The new release allows using experimental agent plug-ins and the new Agent Debug Panel offers detailed insights into chat ...

In a social media feedback thread started by Microsoft Visual Studio guru Mads Kristensen, multiple developers unloaded on the IDE's facility with AI provided by GitHub Copilot and other tools.

Microsoft is making Visual Studio Code for Education generally available at the end of the month. This free online education platform includes an integrated ...

With the Extension Pack for Java, VS Code makes a highly capable Java IDE and formidable competitor to Eclipse, NetBeans, and IntelliJ IDEA. There was a time when your choices for Java IDEs were ...

Facebook has announced that it's moving on from its own custom development tool to Microsoft's Visual Studio Code. The social network will also work to improve its remote development tools. Facebook ...