Over the past few years, it has exploded in popularity. Thanks to Microsoft’s Python extension for Visual Studio Code, VS Code has also become one of the best tools for working with Python.

Even so, the Experimental - Python for the Web (Preview) extension in the VS Code Marketplace has been installed 283 times as of this writing (see screenshot above). The item description lists the ...

Now, getting the latest builds of the super-popular Python extension in the Visual Studio Code Marketplace (nearly 52 million installs) is easier. "For a smoother opt-in and upgrade experience, we're ...

Visual Studio Code 1.78, also known as the April 2023 release of Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code source code editor, introduces built-in profile templates for Python and Java as well as new color ...

Python in Visual Studio Code: New features for Python environments Microsoft has released version 1.100 – of its free source code editor Visual Studio Code, also known as April 2025 – after ...

Setting up Visual Studio Code for Python development Click on the Extensions icon in the Activity Bar on the side of the window (it looks like four squares). In the search bar, type “Python”.