Those efforts continued in the latest regular monthly update for Python in VS Code, dubbed the October 2022 release, which features simplified project setup with a new command.

Canonical, Ubuntu's parent company, in partnership with Microsoft has made it possible to install Visual Studio Code on any Linux distribution which supports snap.

January 2025 release of VS Code includes a Copilot feature that predicts the user’s next edit, a movable Command Palette, and no-config debugging for Python scripts.

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.