You might think VS (Visual Studio) Code is just for programmers. After all, it looks like a complex tool filled with cryptic code and a developer-focused interface. But that couldn't be further from ...

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Recently GitHub launched its Github.dev service. If you’re browsing some code in a repo, all you need to do to launch an editor is press “.” or edit the page URL, switching out .com for .dev. This ...

TextEdit, the default text editor on the Mac, is great for file creation and editing. However, it isn’t suitable for writing or reviewing code, owing to a lack of functionality. IMAGE: Joan Gamell ...

Zed, Eclipse Theia IDE, Lite XL, and Cursor all offer some advantages over VS Code, at least for now. Zed and Cursor stand apart. The conductor of my choir famously tells us singers, “I only want ...

WakaTime, which does time tracking for programmers, released data for 2020 showing that Visual Studio Code is by far the top editor/IDE used by its coders, some of whom are hacking away for more than ...

Microsoft code editor Visual Studio Code (VS Code) is just five years old but the developer tool has gained impressive adoption with the world's developer population. VS Code today has 14 million ...

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Microsoft's November 2025 Visual Studio Code update (version 1.107) advances multi-agent orchestration for GitHub Copilot and ...