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Visual Studio Code

The lightweight, powerful and extensible editor, optimized for modern web and cloud applications.

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Azure

The cloud platform designed to help you bring new solutions to life.

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Python on Windows

Find the information and ideas you need to power your ingenuity.

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Python education

Unparalleled products and support for educators and students.

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Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)

Access the power of Windows and Linux at the same time on a Windows machine.

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GitHub Copilot

GitHub Copilot uses AI to suggest entire functions in real-time, right from your editor. Work smarter.

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Supercharge your Python developer experience

Microsoft Graph

Use the data and intelligence in Microsoft 365 to build apps that reach millions of users.

Python on Visual Studio

Develop Python applications in Visual Studio IDE.

MakeCode

Learn by doing in the block-based MakeCode Arcade environment with Python!

Microsoft Fabric

AI-powered analytics platform that unites your data and services, including data science and data lakes.

Playwright

Fast and reliable end-to-end testing for modern web apps.

Microsoft Edge Developer

Try out Webhint, Microsoft Edge WebDriver and extensions for accessibility insights in the best-in-class browser.

Microsoft Open Source

Open Source enables Microsoft products and services to bring choice, technology and community to our customers.

GitHub Skills

Learn how to use GitHub with interactive courses designed for beginners and experts.

Tools

Azure Python SDK

A collection of libraries built to make it easier to use Azure services.

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Awesome AZD

An awesome list that curates content and templates for the Azure Developer CLI.

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Dev Containers

A full-featured development environment with a well-defined tool and runtime stack.

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Azure OpenAI Service

Build your own copilot and generative AI applications.

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Python blogs and articles

Insights, tips, and news for Python by Microsoft experts and MVPs.

Jeffrey Mew • May 7th, 2024

Announcing Data Wrangler: Code-centric viewing and cleaning of tabular data in Visual Studio Code

Today, we are excited to announce the general availability of the Data Wrangler extension for Visual Studio Code! Data Wrangler is a free extension that offers data viewing and cleaning that is directly integrated into VS Code and the Jupyter extension.

Xinyu Wei • Aug 16th, 2024

Differences between Pre-Training and Supervised Fine-Tuning (SFT)

When we talk about the differences between Pre-Training and Supervised Fine-Tuning (SFT), the goals, datasets used, and number of GPUs required are all different. However, if we are to explain the difference from the essence of deep learning training.

Courtney Webster • July 31st, 2024

Python in Visual Studio Code – August 2024 Release

We’re excited to announce the August 2024 release of the Python and Jupyter extensions for Visual Studio Code! This release includes the following announcements: Improved Python discovery using python-environment-tools. Inline variable values shown in source code. Improvements to the VS Code Native REPL for Python.