Microsoft has released a new version of Visual Studio Code (VS Code), its hugely popular open-source code editor for Linux, macOS and Windows, which its creator, Microsoft technical fellow Erich Gamma ...

GitHub Codespaces give you and your team a VS Code development environment as part of your repository, along with threaded discussions. In his keynote at GitHub’s recent Satellite event, CEO Nat ...

In this article, we’ll cover what GitHub Copilot is, why it matters, and how you can use it to generate and optimize code inside Visual Studio. We’ll also examine how GitHub Copilot can fix issues in ...

In the June 2025 update (v1.102), Microsoft Visual Studio Code puts GitHub Copilot front and center, with improvements spanning Copilot Chat, inline code completions, and editing workflows. These ...

GitHub Copilot Pro now supports GPT-5 in VS Code. A 30-day trial lets you test premium models for free. Add your OpenAI key to bypass Copilot restriction. First, open VS Code. Click the little Copilot ...

Visual Studio Code 1.108 adds experimental Agent Skills, allowing GitHub Copilot to load custom instructions, scripts, and resources for specialized tasks. Agent Skills are defined in a simple folder ...

Back in 2021, right around the time when Windows 11 started becoming a real thing, Microsoft introduced GitHub Copilot as an extension for Visual Studio Code (VS Code). Over time, GitHub Copilot for ...

Microsoft has released the source code for the GitHub Copilot Chat extension for VS Code under the MIT license. This provides the community access to the full implementation of the chat-based coding ...