If you’re an R programmer hoping to try GitHub Copilot, you’ll need to use Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code. Here’s how to set up and use VS Code for R.

Choosing between Visual Studio Code and Visual Studio may depend as much on your work style as on the language support and features you need. Here’s how to decide.

If you're one of those people or you'd just be happier with a couple more variations on the code snippets that come with Visual Studio, here's how to make that happen. The first step is to open the ...

I use VS Code for my Visual Studio Magazine articles and have customized my environment to do this in HTML files, but I've always wanted quick-hit macros to automate tedious tasks. That's "quick hit" ...

Extending Visual Studio Code for Java. Many developers like VS Code for Java for its fast and lightweight nature. However, one of the most compelling features of VS Code is its pluggable architecture ...

A security flaw in IDEs like Visual Studio Code lets attackers bypass extension verification, running malicious code on ...

Today’s README file explains how to create connection strings to SQL Server databases using Visual Studio’s built-in tools. To provide an example using real source, I created a simple Winforms ...