$45 gets you Microsoft Visual Studio Pro 2026 and a premium coding bundle

Whether you’re learning to code for work or you just want to pick up a new hobby and start automating your tasks or building ...
InfoWorld

Making Windows a developer platform, again

Microsoft is delivering tools to quickly configure Windows PCs as workstations for Windows and Linux development.
Visual Studio Magazine

Open VSX 1.0.0 Puts Focus on Open Extension Registry for VS Code Ecosystem

Eclipse Open VSX has reached 1.0.0, highlighting its role as a vendor-neutral registry for VS Code-compatible extensions.
InfoWorld

Using Visual Studio Code’s ‘air-gapped’ AI model mode

VS Code can use LLM models other than GitHub Copilot’s built-in providers for AI-assisted development, including local and ...

Okta expands Cross App Access ecosystem to secure AI agent connections

Okta introduced Cross App Access, or XAA, in June 2025 as a way to govern agent-to-app and app-to-app connections. Today’s ...
Visual Studio Magazine

VS Code 1.125 Adds Copilot Spend Meter After Billing Shock

VS Code 1.125 adds in-editor visibility into additional Copilot budget usage as GitHub's AI-credit billing model continues to draw developer scrutiny.
IEEE

Python Code Smell Detection Using Machine Learning

Abstract: Python is an increasingly popular programming language used in various software projects and domains. Code smells in Python significantly influences the maintainability, understandability, ...