Let's catch up with the latest tools and extensions available for Visual Studio 2015 and the recently released Visual Studio 2017. It's been a while since I've done a roundup of new, general-purpose ...

Microsoft is updating how you build Visual Studio extensions, with new APIs and the ability to run extensions outside of the Visual Studio process. Notwithstanding the immense popularity of the Visual ...

From Docker and Git integrations to Markdown and XML support to live collaboration, these add-ons for Visual Studio Code complement any workload Visual Studio Code isn’t just a text editor. It’s an ...

The text editor is the most critical tool in a programmer's arsenal, acting as the daily workbench, primary interface, and ...

Threat actors are still abusing Visual Studio Code extensions as an entry point, with the latest fake Prettier incident ...

If you’re like most embedded developers, you probably use your silicon vendor's integrated development environment. These IDEs come packed with many features, but they often aren’t customizable to fit ...

A new campaign involving 19 malicious Visual Studio Code extensions used a legitimate npm package to embed malware in ...

Visual Studio Code just released its November 2025 update, version 1.107. There are more improvements for AI coding agents ...

Two malicious extensions on Microsoft's Visual Studio Code Marketplace infect developers' machines with information-stealing ...