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Python in Visual Studio Code – February 2024 Release

February 1, 2024 Feb 1, 2024 02/1/24

Courtney Webster

The February 2024 release of the Python and Jupyter extensions for Visual Studio Code are now available. This month's updates include the Python Debugger extension installed by default, option to create a virtual environment in the interpreter Quick Pick, built-in variable viewer with Jupyter, new diagnostic rules with Pylance, and triggered breakpoints in VS Code. Keep reading to learn more!

Join us for AI Chat App Hack from Jan. 29 – Feb.12

January 16, 2024 Jan 16, 2024 01/16/24

Pamela Fox

The Microsoft AI Chat App Hack is a two-week virtual hackathon where you can learn how to build a chat app with Python, using the RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation) approach with OpenAI and Azure AI Search. You’ll also get to meet other Python developers and learn from Microsoft engineers on live streams.

Data Science Day Announcement and Call for Speaker Proposals

January 12, 2024 Jan 12, 2024 01/12/24

Dawn Wages

Python Data Science Day is a full day of 25 min and 5 min community contributed content March 14th, 2024 streaming on the VS Code YouTube channel. Submission deadline is January 25th AOE (Anywhere on Earth).

Python in Visual Studio Code – December 2023 Release

December 7, 2023 Dec 7, 2023 12/7/23

Courtney Webster

The December 2023 release of the Python and Jupyter extensions for Visual Studio Code are now available. This month's updates include debug configurations add to the Run button menu, show type hierarchy with Pylance, deactivate support for auto-activated terminals, and additional REPL improvements. Keep reading to learn more!

Python Linting in Visual Studio Code – Hinting and Linting Video Series

December 6, 2023 Dec 6, 2023 12/6/23

Dawn Wages

Power user settings when enabling your Python linter in VS Code. The goal is for your developer experience to be intuitive, replicable, and shareable.

Python in Visual Studio Code – November 2023 Release

November 2, 2023 Nov 2, 2023 11/2/23

Courtney Webster

The November 2023 release of the Python and Jupyter extensions for Visual Studio Code are now available. This month's updates include improvements to Shift+Enter when sending code to the terminal, deprecation of linting and formatting features, improvements to Python linting extensions, reconfiguration of test output, and virtual environment deactivation help. Keep reading to learn more!

Python in Visual Studio Code – October 2023 Release

October 6, 2023 Oct 6, 2023 10/6/23

Courtney Webster

The October 2023 release of the Python and Jupyter extensions for Visual Studio Code are now available. This month's updates include Python debugger extension updates, deprecation of Python 3.7 support, and a recap of Open Source Day. Keep reading to learn more!

Python in Visual Studio Code – September 2023 Release

September 8, 2023 Sep 8, 2023 09/8/23

Courtney Webster

The September 2023 release of the Python and Jupyter extensions for Visual Studio Code are now available. This month's updates include updates to the Create Environment command, a new terminal auto-activation experiment, and a new yapf extension. Keep reading to learn more!

Announcing: Azure Developers – Python Day

September 5, 2023 Sep 5, 2023 09/5/23

Chris Harris (PYTHON)

Experience cloud computing with Python on Azure during Python Day 2023!

Python in Visual Studio Code – August 2023 Release

August 3, 2023 Aug 3, 2023 08/3/23

Courtney Webster

The August 2023 release of the Python and Jupyter extensions for Visual Studio Code are now available. This month's updates include a pre-configured dev container for the Python extension, a new debug configuration, an npm package for the Python extension API, and error-tolerant pytest discovery with the testing rewrite. Keep reading to learn more!