Microsoft is making available to Python developers a free, open-source add-on to its Visual Studio suite.

The updated Python extension is available for download from Microsoft's Visual Studio Code (VS Code) marketplace, where it's currently the most popular programming language by a long mile.

Microsoft plans to extend IntelliSense code analysis for Python to tools beyond Visual Studio, using its Python Language Server. IntelliSense provides autocompletions for variables, functions, and ...

Anaconda includes Microsoft's Visual Studio cross-platform code editor in its Python-based data science platform.

Python developers using Visual Studio Code are getting an AI-assisted boost from the editor's IntelliCode extension. IntelliCode leverages machine learning algorithms to provide AI-assisted coding ...

This download will only be available for a limited time and is only compatible with Visual Studio 15.4 Preview 1. Yet another extension -- carrying the same warning -- allows for native Python ...

Over the past few years, it has exploded in popularity. Thanks to Microsoft’s Python extension for Visual Studio Code, VS Code has also become one of the best tools for working with Python.