Less than a month after Microsoft released a Visual Studio Code extension to provide Java debugging, the company announced it was such a big hit that it's been improved and open sourced, as promised.

Microsoft open sourced a Java debugger it developed for the lightweight, open source Visual Studio Code editor. About a month ago, the company released the VS Code extension to provide Java debugging, ...

Microsoft has released a January update of its popular open-source cross-platform Visual Studio Code (VS Code) code editor. VS Code version 1.42 is available today for Windows 10, macOS, and Linux ...

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The new release allows using experimental agent plug-ins and the new Agent Debug Panel offers detailed insights into chat ...

The 0.5.0 release of the Debugger for Java extension for Visual Studio Code adds expression evaluation and support step filters. With expression evaluation, developers can see the value of simple ...

Visual Studio Code 1.110 (February 2026) adds new agent extensibility, browser-driving chat tools, and expanded chat accessibility.

At its Build developer conference, Microsoft today announced that Live Share, its previously announced collaborative development feature for Visual Studio and Visual Studio code, is now available to ...