Courtney Webster

Program Manager, Python Extension in Visual Studio Code

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Python in Visual Studio Code – March 2024 Release

The March 2024 release of the Python and Jupyter extensions for Visual Studio Code are now available. This month's updates include new add import Code Actions from Pylance, improvements for developing and testing web apps, shell integration in the Python REPL, and improved language support for local Jupyter servers. Keep reading to learn more!

Python in Visual Studio Code – February 2024 Release

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!

Python in Visual Studio Code – December 2023 Release

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 in Visual Studio Code – November 2023 Release

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

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

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!

Python in Visual Studio Code – August 2023 Release

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!

Package Management in the Python extension for Visual Studio Code

The Python extension in VS Code is investigating ways to improve our package management support and have completed a comparison of support offered by various package management tools.

Python in Visual Studio Code – July 2023 Release

The July 2023 release of the Python and Jupyter extensions for Visual Studio Code are now available. This month's updates include an announcement on Python 3.7 support, a new Mypy extension in preview, a Debugpy extension in preview, Pylance localization, and index persistance for 3rd-party libraries with Pylance. Keep reading to learn more!

Python in Visual Studio Code – June 2023 Release

The June 2023 release of the Python and Jupyter extensions for Visual Studio Code are now available. This release includes a test discovery and execution rewrite, an option to run your Python file in a dedicated terminal, a preview of IntelliSense on overloaded operators, and configurable index limits with Pylance. Keep reading to learn more!