Microsoft is updating how you build Visual Studio extensions, with new APIs and the ability to run extensions outside of the Visual Studio process. Notwithstanding the immense popularity of the Visual ...

Taking advantage of brand-new tooling inside Visual Studio 2022 and new APIs to code against, Microsoft's extension guru Mads Kristensen has announced a new extension writing toolkit. Called ...

Developers will know that having the right tools at your disposal can make a significant difference in your productivity and efficiency. Visual Studio Code, a popular code editor, offers a wide range ...

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With the VS Code extension generator and JavaScript, it’s easy to roll your own extension. Here’s how to get started In the space of only a couple of years, Visual Studio Code went from a curiosity to ...

Microsoft Office assistant Clippy is making its big resurgence as part of a Visual Studio extension. Named ClippyVS, the extension effectively resuscitates Clippy and makes it as useful as it ever was ...

Now that Visual Studio 2017 has been out in the world for a few months, I'm seeing a lot of new extensions written either specifically for the latest release of the IDE or updated with support for ...

Microsoft's Visual Studio Code is a free code editor for Windows, Linux, and macOS that is used by a lot of developers because of its small disk footprint and customization options. The C++ extension ...