Microsoft has released a new version of its hit Python extension for its cross-platform code editor Visual Studio Code (VS Code) that makes its Pylance language server the default. Microsoft started ...

Microsoft has released a new language server for Python called Pylance, which uses the Language Server Protocol to communicate with Microsoft's popular open-source, cross-platform code editor, Visual ...

Ask any Python developer about their least favorite part of the job, and environment management will top the list. The endless juggling of virtual environments, dependency conflicts, and version ...

Microsoft has introduced Visual Studio Code for Education, a new computer science instruction platform that takes students beyond beginner coding and teaches them tools used by professional developers ...

The three most popular extensions in the Visual Studio Code Marketplace are for Python coding, totaling more than 176 million installs. Leading that list is the main Python tool, accounting for more ...

Microsoft’s Python language extension for the Visual Studio Code editor has added beta data-science capabilities that support data exploration and incorporation of machine learning models. Developers ...

Microsoft's dev team responsible for the Python in Visual Studio Code experience announced that its extension now supports pre-release versions for the latest cutting-edge bits. Those bits used to be ...

Microsoft Corp. is releasing a new version of Excel that will enable users to write and run Python code directly in the spreadsheet editor’s interface. Stefan Kinnestrand, a general manager for ...

Microsoft and Code.org have come together to debut Minecraft Designer, a free tutorial for students aged 6 and up that uses the Minecraft environment to teach coding. Minecraft Designer is a free, ...

With native Python integration with Excel, users will be able to use the new “PY” function to input Python code directly into Excel cells. Microsoft has partnered with programming language repository ...