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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!
Python in Visual Studio Code – May 2023 Release
The May 2023 release of the Python and Jupyter extensions for Visual Studio Code are now available. In this release, Jupyter is no longer installed alongside the Python extension, microvenv support was added for the Create Environment command, new automatic conversion of f-strings, and code navigation on strings that contain module names. Keep reading to learn more!
Python in Visual Studio Code – April 2023 Release
The April 2023 release of the Python and Jupyter extensions for Visual Studio Code are now available. This release includes Data Wrangler, a create environment button embedded in dependency files, environments API for extension authors, kernel picker improvements, and move symbol refactoring. Keep reading to learn more!
Introducing the Data Wrangler extension for Visual Studio Code
Microsoft announces the launch of Data Wrangler, a data-centric user interface that generates Python code to help data scientists complete their data preparation tasks faster and with fewer errors.
Python in Visual Studio Code – March 2023 Release
The March 2023 release of the Python and Jupyter extensions for Visual Studio Code are now available. This release includes "back" and "cancel" support for the "Create Environment" command, isort no longer being shipped by default with the Python extension, improvements to the kernel picker experience in Jupyter, and the Python for VS Code team as guests on the Python Pulse livestream. Keep reading to learn more!
Python in Visual Studio Code – February 2023 Release
The February 2023 release of the Python and Jupyter extensions for Visual Studio Code are now available. This release includes automatic environment selection, improvements to the Create Environment command, improved Intellisense support for pytest in preview, and improvements to the Jupyter kernel picker. Keep reading to learn more!