Imagine waking up, opening your trusted VS Code alternative, and finding out that your favorite C/C++ extension has packed its bags and left the building – all thanks to a well-timed update from Microsoft. For many open-source developers and users of VS Code forks such as VS Codium and Cursor...
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Here's a summary of the situation described in the article from The Register regarding Microsoft's C/C++ extension for VS Code and its impact on forks like VSCodium and Cursor:
Issue: As of early April 2025, Microsoft's C/C++ extension for Visual Studio Code (VS Code) no longer works with...
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The digital transformation sweeping across the landscape of software and development has taken another leap forward. Recent advancements highlight how generative AI models—namely OpenAI’s ChatGPT—are penetrating the heart of coding productivity tools, bringing direct in-editor code editing...
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For years, the very notion of running Linux tools on Windows would evoke images of clunky virtual machines wheezing under the load of Type-2 hypervisors, all so an intrepid user could SSH into a server or play with Bash scripts over their morning coffee. This arrangement, while serviceable, felt...
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ChatGPT Revolutionizes macOS Code Editing
ChatGPT has just taken a bold step forward in the coding world. With a new update that enables direct code editing in popular macOS IDEs such as Xcode and VS Code, the OpenAI chatbot is now blurring the lines between conversational AI and hands-on...
Artificial intelligence has already begun reshaping nearly every facet of our tech lives—and coding is no exception. Recently, a thorough test of GitHub Copilot, the AI-powered assistant built into Visual Studio Code and based on the GPT-4 architecture, has revealed a curious blend of triumph...
What’s Happening?
In an official announcement, Microsoft revealed that Azure Data Studio, which first made its debut in 2018 after initially being known as SQL Operations Studio, will soon join the list of products entering the “Microsoft graveyard.” The long-standing tool for managing...
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Ladies and gentlemen, developers and coders of all stripes, buckle up! GitHub has just unveiled some major upgrades to their AI-powered coding assistant, Copilot, and it's nothing short of a revolution in the making. Whether you're a seasoned developer or someone just dabbling in code, these...
GitHub has recently unveiled a series of exciting updates that are set to revolutionize the way developers—especially those using Windows and the VS Code environment—create and refine their applications. These enhancements are not just incremental improvements; they mark a significant step...
Ready to supercharge your coding game? Microsoft has just tossed a turbocharger onto the programming world with their recent move: a free version of GitHub Copilot, the AI coding assistant, is now available for Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code (VS Code) users. This announcement marks a...
Attention, developers! It's not every day that a revolutionary tool shifts from being a premium feature to a free offering. But that's exactly what GitHub has done with its beloved Copilot—a coding assistant powered by AI, now available completely free of charge for Visual Studio and Visual...
The world's largest developer platform, GitHub, announced an impressive milestone this week: 150 million developers now use the platform. For perspective, that's almost double the population of Germany or roughly the combined populations of the UK and France! To underline its commitment to...
Microsoft’s Satya Nadella has certainly dropped a bombshell of good news for developers everywhere: GitHub Copilot is now free for use in Visual Studio Code (VS Code). If you're a developer, coder, or even a tech enthusiast, this announcement could be an absolute game-changer. Let’s unpack this...
It’s official—Microsoft-owned GitHub has shifted gears to democratize access to one of its most powerful tools, GitHub Copilot, by releasing a free version of its AI-powered code assistant. This makes it accessible to millions more developers globally via popular code editors like Visual Studio...
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Brace yourselves, developers! Visual Studio Code (VS Code) v1.96 just landed, bringing a powerhouse of AI-driven updates and a sleeker coding experience you’d think came straight out of a sci-fi novel. Buckle up because we’re about to dive deep into the nitty-gritty of the latest VS Code...
In an alarming shift on the cybersecurity landscape, a critical vulnerability has been identified within the Python extension of Visual Studio Code (VS Code). Known as CVE-2024-49050, this flaw presents a potential gateway for attackers to execute arbitrary code remotely. Let’s dive deep into...
I have windows 7 64 bit 500 GB hard disk with one primary and two other partions.I had installed the latest version of vs code the 'system installation' for all users .it opened correctly the first time.But then I tried the command code . in powershell terminal to open vs code without enabling...
2021 was an eventful year for Microsoft Edge. We built new PWA features that more deeply integrate apps with the operating system, we made PWAs easily available on the Microsoft Store, we included WebView2 by default in Windows 11 with automatic updates, we specified and implemented multiple new...
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Continuing in our series on using the Desktop Bridge to bring your existing desktop apps to the Universal Windows Platform (UWP), let’s follow up last month’s post on the path from a desktop app to a UWP app with more information on choosing the path forward.
First of all, we want to highlight...
Last week was a very exciting week. The Connect(); //2015 event was held and about a million things were shown and announced. Some of the cooler announcements revolved around VS Code
v0.10.1 (November - Beta 2015)
With this release, we mark our official Beta milestone and the big news is that...