The PTVS 2.0 alpha is now live and available for installation. PTVS is an open source, free plug-in that allows for Python developing inside Visual Studio. It supports a variety of Python ...

For the first time, Python has cracked the top three in the TIOBE index of programming language popularity, helping to demonstrate why Microsoft has fully embraced the language in its Visual Studio ...

Microsoft is making available to Python developers a free, open-source add-on to its Visual Studio suite. Written by Mary Jo Foley, Senior Contributing Editor Aug. 29, 2011, 5:13 a.m. PT ...

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”.

Use the Python extension for Visual Studio Code to create, manage, run, and test Python projects easily.

Learn More. Anaconda, a distribution of the Python programming language, now includes Visual Studio Code, announced Microsoft and Anaconda, Inc.

Install Python Libraries in Visual Studio Code Python libraries are pre-written collections of code designed to simplify programming by providing ready-made functions for specific tasks.

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.

Visual Studio 2019 for Mac includes a preview of a new text editor that's built on the same engine as the one in Visual Studio for Windows, with a native macOS user interface and capabilities.