Microsoft-owned GitHub announced it will sunset its popular Atom "hackable text editor" late this year as it concentrates on cloud-based dev tooling. As a desktop application, Atom just had no viable ...

With VS Code 1.81, the diff editor includes several new features and bug fixes, and the new diff algorithm is enabled by default. Visual Studio Code 1.81, the latest release of Microsoft’s extensible ...

Microsoft has released a new update of its Visual Studio Code (VS Code) code editor for Windows, Windows on Arm, macOS and Linux. The latest update brings VS Code to version 1.51, which contains fixes ...

The reach of Microsoft's super-popular, open source-based Visual Studio Code editor is still expanding, now supplying the tech for two of the most prominent code repository platforms, GitHub and ...

GitHub Copilot is an OpenAI-powered Visual Studio Code extension that can suggest lines of code or entire functions as you type. GitHub has launched a preview of GitHub Copilot, an AI-based coding ...

Microsoft has released version 1.100 – of its free source code editor Visual Studio Code, also known as April 2025 – after the development month. The release brings new features for GitHub Copilot ...

Microsoft has released the source code for the GitHub Copilot Chat extension for VS Code under the MIT license. This provides the community access to the full implementation of the chat-based coding ...

Before we begin, I will share one cautionary note. In my testing of the free GitHub Copilot's programming prowess, the AI failed half of my tests. That's not great. Paid subscriptions offer access to ...

Since it launched three years ago, GitHub’s Atom text editor has been a formidable open-source option for coders, alongside cross-platform favorites like Sublime Text. But if it’s not already your ...

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