New root cause analysis technology gives AI coding agents the ability to diagnose application failures and deliver actionable debugging insights with less developer involvement.

Hobbyist developers are seeing faster builds and simpler code thanks to C++26 features like static reflection and contracts, paired with toolchain updates in CMake, Clang, and Visual Studio. These ...

Visual Studio has never really been the lightweight option. It's not the tool you open just to tweak a config file or write a quick script. It is the big Windows development environment, the one built ...

Visual Studio 2026 18.5 arrives with two headline changes – a smarter code suggestion system and an AI-powered debugger. Yet developer frustration over color contrast and forced updates continue to ...

Microsoft has released Visual Studio Code version 1.116, introducing a set of AI-focused improvements that refine developer workflows and make Copilot available out of the box. The update is now ...

VS Code 1.112 shipped March 18 with expanded Copilot agent autonomy controls. A new Autopilot permission level lets Copilot CLI run tasks without user approval dialogs. MCP server sandboxing restricts ...

Microsoft has released Visual Studio Code 1.112, shortly after announcing a faster release cadence for the popular editor. Despite the quicker update cycle, this release introduces several notable ...

A Visual Studio extension that enables GitHub Copilot CLI to interact with Visual Studio via the /ide command — the same way it works with VS Code. The MCP server uses ModelContextProtocol.AspNetCore ...

Modern debugging combines AI, automation, and monitoring to improve software reliability and reduce long-term costs. Choosing the right mix of traditional and intelligent tools helps teams detect ...