Visual Studio Code is a lightweight IDE from Microsoft for developers to write code in a variety of languages like Python, PHP and more. It has inbuilt support for Git as well.

But it's the main Python tool whose getting started experience has been boosted. "The Python extension walkthrough has been improved to more easily guide users to installing Python when needed, and ...

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 is rolling out a new Python Environments extension in VS Code, now reaching 20% of stable channel users. The tool ...