Visual Studio Magazine

Compare New GitHub Copilot Free Plan for Visual Studio/VS Code to Paid Plans

The original AI-powered code completion tool stemming from early OpenAI technology, GitHub Copilot, now comes in a free tier for the Visual Studio IDE and Visual Studio Code, along with other editors.
Neowin

Microsoft open sources GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code

Microsoft has decided to open source its GitHub Copilot tool in Visual Studio Code. It has also shared some exciting developments. On the opening day of its BUILD 2025 conference, Microsoft has ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Claude Opus 4.5 Lands in GitHub Copilot for Visual Studio and VS Code

GitHub has added Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.5 to the set of models available in GitHub Copilot Chat, and the model is now selectable directly inside Microsoft developers' primary tools: Visual Studio ...
ZDNet

Installing Microsoft Visual Studio Code on Linux is a snap

VS Code is a lightweight source-code editor. It also includes IntelliSense code completion and debugging tools. Microsoft open-sourced VS Code several years ago. Since then, VS Code, which can be used ...
InfoWorld

Visual Studio Code 1.98 shines on GitHub Copilot

February release of Microsoft’s code editor previews new capabilities in the AI coding assistant including Copilot Edits support for notebooks. Visual Studio Code 1.98 has arrived, featuring ...