Among the improvements to Python functionality in the open source, cross-platform Visual Studio Code editor is a new start page highlighting the latest features, changes, tutorials and more.

Students can learn about the foundations in Learn to Code with Python 3 or the Easiest Python for Beginners Course.

Java for Visual Studio Code now gets SonarLint 'spellchecker' tool, while the Python extension gets a new debugger.

Microsoft's dev team for Python in Visual Studio Code has smoothed the "getting started" experience for its main extension along with many other improvements in the regular monthly update, this for ...

Microsoft says its new Pylance language server will make Python developers who use VS Code far more productive.