Java for Visual Studio Code now gets SonarLint 'spellchecker' tool, while the Python extension gets a new debugger.

In what might be seen as a challenge to the super-popular combination of Visual Studio Code and its Python extension, JetBrains is testing its own IDE for data scientists called DataSpell.

Positron is Posit's new, free IDE for data science. Users can work with Python and R. It explicitly does not replace RStudio.

Microsoft is continuing to bang the AI drum with its developer tools, with its latest announcement that VS Code is shipping as part of the Anaconda Python distribution.

Like many developers, I used to think of VS Code primarily as a slick code editor – great for writing, debugging, and managing projects. It’s a fantastic tool, no doubt, but my perspective ...

That protocol -- in addition to providing support for Python -- lets VS Code support more than 150 other programming languages. Anaconda Inc. made sure to note that it isn't limiting IDE options for ...

The Python platform has attracted more than 4.5 million users running the programming language on Windows, Mac and Linux. Along with editing and debugging features, the partners said the ...