Developers planning to upgrade to the latest version of Microsoft’s Visual Studio code-writing platform will find a new and improved user interface that the company says will make writing and editing ...

Note that GitHub Copilot isn’t optimized for R; the documentation says Copilot works “especially well” for Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, Ruby, Go, C#, and C++. However, Copilot does make R code ...

From Live Share to Smarter IntelliCode to fewer crashes when debugging large C++ apps, Visual Studio’s new features are bound to boost productivity. This ebook offers a comprehensive look at the IDE’s ...

The brand-new Visual Studio 2022 v17.12 lets developers specify the AI model they want to use with the baked-in GitHub Copilot, but some devs are clamoring for more options, such as the ...

Coding careers aren’t always the easiest to get into, but the path just got a lot smoother this spring. For a limited time, beginners can get their hands on a lifetime license to Microsoft Visual ...

Microsoft Chief Marketing Officer Chris Capossela speaks at Microsoft Envision. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) There’s little debate that Microsoft has become a company willing to work across ...

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 ...

MSDN subscriptions offer on-premises tools plus an allowance for Azure usage--but the options are somewhat complicated. Ed Bott offers essential details to help you make the best choice. In my last ...