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Why everyone should use VS Code (even if they aren't programmers)

It's more than just a code editor.

Pencil.dev Merges Visual Design and Code Output into One Responsive Workflow

Pencil.dev focuses on design-to-code speed versus static tools; upcoming reusable component libraries are planned for 2026.
GitHub

Semgrep Visual Studio Code extension

Semgrep is a fast, static analysis tool powered by an open-source engine for finding bugs, detecting vulnerabilities, and enforcing code standards. Semgrep Visual Studio Code extension scans lines ...
InfoWorld

JetBrains introduces Java to Kotlin converter for Visual Studio Code

In a bid to ease the adoption of its Kotlin programming language by Java developers, JetBrains has introduced a Java to Kotlin converter extension for Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code editor. Long ...
GitHub

CodeCursor (Cursor for Visual Studio Code)

What's Cursor? And Why This Extension? Cursor is an AI code editor based on OpenAI GPT models. You can write, edit, and chat about your code with it. At this time, Cursor is only provided as a ...
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[Tutorial] Building a Visual Document Retrieval Pipeline with ColPali and Late Interaction Scoring

In this tutorial, we build an end-to-end visual document retrieval pipeline using ColPali. We focus on making the setup robust by resolving common dependency conflicts and ensuring the environment ...
InfoWorld

Visual Studio adds GitHub Copilot unit testing for C#

GitHub Copilot testing for .NET in Visual Studio 2026 v18.3 can generate tests for the xUnit, NUnit, and MSTest test frameworks. Microsoft has made GitHub Copilot testing for .NET, a new capability in ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Hands On with New Multi-Agent Orchestration in VS Code

Multi-agent orchestration makes workflow more inspectable, with clear handoffs and a QA backstop. Breaking the work into discrete steps makes the output easier to audit and fix. A timestamped handoff ...