Visual Studio Magazine

VS Code 1.110 Ships with Agent Plugins, Browser Tools and Session Memory

Visual Studio Code 1.110 (February 2026) adds new agent extensibility, browser-driving chat tools, and expanded chat accessibility.
IEEE

A Case Study on Learning Visual Programming With TutoApp for Composition of Tutorials: An Approach for Learning by Teaching

Abstract: Teaching programming is a topic that has generated a high level of interest among researchers in recent decades. In particular, multiple approaches to teaching visual programming have been ...
GitHub

Container Tools for Visual Studio Code

The Container Tools extension makes it easy to build, manage, and deploy containerized applications from Visual Studio Code. It also provides one-click debugging of Node.js, Python, and .NET inside a ...
GitHub

Semgrep Visual Studio Code extension

Semgrep is a fast, static analysis tool powered by an open-source engine for finding bugs, detecting vulnerabilities, and enforcing code standards. Semgrep Visual Studio Code extension scans lines ...
InfoWorld

Visual Studio Code update shines on coding agents

Visual Studio Code 1.109 introduces enhancements for providing agents with more skills and context and managing multiple agent sessions in parallel. Microsoft has released Visual Studio Code 1.109, ...
Visual Studio Magazine

VS Code 1.109 Deemed a Multi-Agent Development Platform

Visual Studio Code 1.109 introduces structured, multi-agent workflows that move AI assistance beyond single-chat interactions. Parallel subagents enable concurrent task execution without consuming the ...
The Verge

GitHub adds Claude and Codex AI coding agents

Microsoft-owned GitHub continues to embrace OpenAI and Anthropic AI advances. Microsoft-owned GitHub continues to embrace OpenAI and Anthropic AI advances. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, ...