At its core, the Material Icon Theme replaces VS Code’s default file and folder icons with visually appealing, color icons ...

However, VS Code’s endless customizability is what truly sets it apart from its rivals, and there’s a barrage of extensions you can add to the code editor to boost its functionality even further.

Microsoft announced updates to its C# Dev Kit for Visual Studio Code extension, including enhancements to Razor/ Blazor Hot Reload and for debugging and testing Blazor web pages.

Source control history as context: Developers in VS Code can now add past commits or diffs to Copilot prompts, giving it richer, revision-aware context when answering questions or generating changes.