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Python in Visual Studio Code – Feb 2018 Release

March 8, 2018 Mar 8, 2018 03/8/18
Dan Taylor
We are pleased to announce that the February 2018 release of the Python Extension for Visual Studio Code is now available from the marketplace and the gallery. You can the download the Python extension from the marketplace, or install it directly from the extension gallery in Visual Studio Code. You can learn more about Python support in ...

Visual Studio Code is now shipping with Anaconda!

February 15, 2018 Feb 15, 2018 02/15/18
John Lam
For everyone from enterprise programmers to data scientists, Python is one of the most popular dynamic languages for software development. Anaconda, the most popular Python data science platform, provides 6 million users with a streamlined Python environment on Windows, Mac or Linux. And starting today, Visual Studio Code, Microsoft's free and...

Python in Visual Studio Code – Jan 2018 Release

February 1, 2018 Feb 1, 2018 02/1/18
Dan Taylor
We’re pleased to announce the January 2018 release for the Microsoft Python extension for Visual Studio code is now available. You can the download the Microsoft Python extension for VS Code from the marketplace, or install it directly from the extension gallery in Visual Studio Code. You can learn more about Python support in Visual ...

Python extension for Visual Studio Code version 0.9.0 now available

December 14, 2017 Dec 14, 2017 12/14/17
Dan Taylor
We’re excited to announce our first update to the Microsoft Python extension for Visual Studio Code. In this release, we’ve added additional support for conda environments and fixed numerous bugs in the editor and debugger. Support for Conda Environments Conda environments are now automatically detected from the Anaconda root location. You...

North Bay Python 2017 Recap

December 12, 2017 Dec 12, 2017 12/12/17
Steve Dower
(image) Last week I had the privilege to attend the inaugural North Bay Python conference, held in Petaluma, California in the USA. Being part of any community-run conference is always enjoyable, and to help launch a new one was very exciting. In this post, I'm going to briefly tell you about the conference and help you find recordings of ...

What’s new for Python in Visual Studio 2017 15.6 Preview 1

December 7, 2017 Dec 7, 2017 12/7/17
Steve Dower
Today we have released the first preview of our next update to Visual Studio 2017. You will see a notification in Visual Studio within the next few days, or you can download the new installer from visualstudio.com. In this post, we're going to take a look at some of the new features we have added for Python developers. As always, the preview ...

Idiomatic Python: functions versus classes

September 29, 2017 Sep 29, 2017 09/29/17
Brett Cannon
In Python, everything is an object. Compared to Java which forces you to code everything in an object-oriented programming style but still has the concept of primitive types which are not objects on their own (although Java 5 added autoboxing to help hide this discrepancy), Python has no primitive types which aren't objects but provides the ...

Python updates in Visual Studio 15.4 Preview 1

August 25, 2017 Aug 25, 2017 08/25/17
Steve Dower
It's been a while since we last posted, and we've been hard at work on new features for Python in Visual Studio 2017. Today, the first preview of the next update has been released, which you can install from visualstudio.com or by updating your existing Preview install. In this post, we'll briefly discuss the new features in this preview, ...

PyData Seattle is next week!

June 27, 2017 Jun 27, 2017 06/27/17
Steve Dower
Next week, we'll be hosting PyData Seattle 2017 at Microsoft. Several hundred attendees, speakers and teachers will converge on our main conference center for three days of talks, tutorials, and other fun. (image) What is PyData? PyData is a regular conference that occurs all around the world multiple times every year. With a focus on data ...