With the Extension Pack for Java, VS Code makes a highly capable Java IDE and formidable competitor to Eclipse, NetBeans, and IntelliJ IDEA. There was a time when your choices for Java IDEs were ...

The Java ecosystem has historically been blessed with great IDEs to work with, including NetBeans, Eclipse and IntelliJ from JetBrains. However, in recent years Microsoft's Visual Studio Code editor ...

Microsoft’s new C# Dev Kit extension for Visual Studio Code turns the programmer’s editor into a complete development environment for .NET. Microsoft’s Visual Studio is its primary development ...

Microsoft has eased some licensing requirements for Visual Studio Build Tools (VSBT), which comprises a standalone MSVC compiler, libraries and scripts for C++. The ...

Lagging by about six months, Visual Studio 2022 for Mac v17.0 has finally caught up to its Windows counterpart and reached General Availability (GA) status after a huge revamp of its frontend UI and ...

If you've ever wanted to create your own mobile apps, websites, or desktop software, there's a good chance you've heard of Visual Studio. Whether you're a new dev or an experienced Visual Studio user, ...

Microsoft has just released the October 2025 update for Visual Studio 2022 (v17.14). It brings with it a whole bunch of features, including improvements to GitHub Copilot agentic flows and models. The ...