Just before Stack Overflow deemed Python the "fastest-growing major programming language," Microsoft conveniently detailed updates for using the language in the new Visual Studio 15.4 Preview 1. Even ...

For the first time, Python has cracked the top three in the TIOBE index of programming language popularity, helping to demonstrate why Microsoft has fully embraced the language in its Visual Studio ...

The updated Python extension is available for download from Microsoft's Visual Studio Code (VS Code) marketplace, where it's currently the most popular programming language by a long mile.

Microsoft plans to extend IntelliSense code analysis for Python to tools beyond Visual Studio, using its Python Language Server. IntelliSense provides autocompletions for variables, functions, and ...

Known as Python Tools for Visual Studio (PTVS), the new, free tools are available under the Apache 2.0 license, and available for download from Microsoft's CodePlex site.

If the Python extension is already installed, you can gain access to the latest update by restarting Visual Studio Code. As a part of this release, the Microsoft Python Language Server has reached ...

Anaconda includes Microsoft's Visual Studio cross-platform code editor in its Python-based data science platform.