Cybersecurity researchers have discovered two malicious Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extensions that are advertised as artificial intelligence (AI)-powered coding assistants, but also harbor ...

The project is in an experimental, pre-alpha, exploratory phase with the intention to be productionized. We move fast, break things, and explore various aspects of the seamless developer experience ...

The official Mermaid extension for Visual Studio Code enables developers to seamlessly create, edit, preview and integrate mermaid diagrams from within the VS Code. To use the AI diagramming feature, ...

The Copilot Studio extension for Visual Studio Code is now generally available, allowing agents to be developed and managed directly from the editor. The extension enables software-style workflows for ...

Visual Studio 2026 is a full-featured 64-bit IDE, built to handle large solutions and complex workloads with better performance and stability. It also leans harder into AI-assisted development, with ...

Visual Studio 2026 includes GitHub Copilot functionality built into the IDE, while third-party AI coding assistants remain available through the Visual Studio Marketplace. Using Marketplace install ...