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Contribute to Open Source with the Pythonistas at Microsoft – Hacktoberfest 2022
Pythonistas at Microsoft are participating in Hacktoberfest 2022. We've gotten together to share with you tips and tricks for contributing, how we got into Open Source and the projects we have our eye on. Join us for our Twitch Stream October 10th, 2022 2PM PT on the Microsoft Developer Channel.
Python in Visual Studio Code – September 2022 Release
The September 2022 release of the Python and Jupyter extensions for Visual Studio Code are now available. This release includes improved IntelliSense support for Jupyter Notebooks, a new Flake8 extension and internship highlights. Keep on reading to learn more!
Python in Visual Studio Code – August 2022 Release
We’re excited to announce that the August 2022 release of the Python and Jupyter extensions for Visual Studio Code are now available! This release includes the following improvements: If you’re interested, you can check the full list of improvements in our changelogs for the Python, Jupyter and Pylance extensions. Automatic debug configurations for web apps To simplify the process of setting up VS Code to run and/or debug your web applications, this release includes new automatic debug configurations for projects that use Flask, Django or FastAPI. When you open the Run...
Microsoft at EuroPython 2022
We’re thrilled to be a Platinum Sponsor of EuroPython this year, happening from July 11th-17th in Dublin, Ireland. If you can’t make it in person, you can still attend the conference remotely, as EuroPython is a hybrid event this year!   Our team members will be giving a variety of talks during the conference: Make sure you don’t miss them! We’ll also be at the Microsoft booth talking about the hard work our teams have been doing to continue supporting the Python community, and to improve the experience for Python developers across our products over the past year. For instance, Visual S...
Python in Visual Studio Code – July 2022 Release
We’re excited to announce that the July 2022 release of the Python and Jupyter extensions for Visual Studio Code are now available. This release includes inlay type hints with Pylance and improvements to the setup experience with Jupyter notebooks. If you’re interested, you can check the full list of improvements in our changelogs for the Python, Jupyter and Pylance extensions. Inlay Type Hints Inlay hints add inline information to your code in the editor to help you understand the meaning of a variable or a function at a glance. In this release, we have added two types of inlay hints when using Pylance: ...
Python in Visual Studio Code – June 2022 Release
We’re excited to announce that the June 2022 release of the Python and Jupyter extensions for Visual Studio Code are now available. This release includes improvements to: If you’re interested, you can check the full list of improvements in our changelogs for the Python, Jupyter and Pylance extensions. Improved localization support  The Python extension now supports translations in all the languages that VS Code supports. We have updated the way we get the text of our commands, notifications, and titles to use translations that are maintained by a localization team, to ensure that the...
Python in Visual Studio Code – May 2022 Release
We’re excited to announce that the May 2022 release of the Python and Jupyter Extensions for Visual Studio Code are now available! With this release we’re introducing three new extensions: Black, isort, and Jupyter Powertoys. If you’re interested, you can check the full list of improvements in our changelogs for the Python, Jupyter and Pylance extensions. Black extension As mentioned before, our team is working towards breaking the tools support we offer in the Python extension into separate extensions, with the intent of improving performance and stability. We now have a new extension for Black, the P...
Python in Visual Studio Code – April 2022 Release
The April 2022 release of the Python Extension for Visual Studio Code is now available. In this release we’re introducing a Pylint extension, a simpler way to create empty Python and Jupyter Notebook files, fixes for running and debugging files with conda environment and moving the interpreter display in the status bar to the right.
Python in Visual Studio Code – March 2022 Release
The March 2022 release of the Python Extension for Visual Studio Code is now available and it includes support for pre-release versions and changes to the interpreter selector on the status bar.