"The gap between C# and Java never has been so small," says the latest edition of the TIOBE Index of programming language popularity. "Currently, the difference is only 1.2 percent, and if the trends ...

A hobby coder's rough return to Visual Studio highlights how IntelliSense, IntelliCode and GitHub Copilot have created several overlapping layers of code completion -- along with settings intended to ...

Microsoft's July release adds a Copilot Chat agent preview, workload-specific skills, shared instructions, branch context and C++ build controls.

Microsoft's fifth July update expands agent monitoring, adds offline speech transcription and changes Python environment management.

Oracle's latest Fusion AI Agent Studio and APEX development workflows both place Visual Studio Code at the center of the local developer experience. Oracle is integrating with VS Code through ...

VS Code forks are diverging rapidly, not just in features, but in how they structure AI-assisted development workflows. Cursor emphasizes speed and visual polish, Windsurf leans toward dynamic ...

Is the original "AI pair programmer" helping developers be more productive? Several reports seeking to measure the impact of GitHub Copilot -- including one from GitHub itself -- have weighed in on ...

Microsoft is devoting an unusual share of the early VS Code 1.131 Insiders cycle to built-in dictation, Voice Mode and other speech-driven development features.

Good documentation is important for any application, and it starts with documenting your code. It helps you and it helps your users. It's no secret that I believe documentation is a crucial element of ...

Microsoft's new Azure Skills Plugin bundles curated Azure skills, the Azure MCP Server, and the Foundry MCP Server into a single install for AI coding agents. The package is designed to help agents ...