Visual Studio Code is a lightweight IDE from Microsoft for developers to write code in a variety of languages like Python, PHP and more. It has inbuilt support for Git as well.

But it's the main Python tool whose getting started experience has been boosted. "The Python extension walkthrough has been improved to more easily guide users to installing Python when needed, and ...

Microsoft's dev team responsible for the Python in Visual Studio Code experience announced that its extension now supports pre-release versions for the latest cutting-edge bits.