Facebook says it is making Microsoft's popular coding environment, Visual Studio Code, its default development platform. Microsoft's open-source integrated development environment (IDE), VS Code ...

With 14 million users, Microsoft's open source cross-platform code editor Visual Studio Code is one of its key tools for keeping developers engaged with its future in the cloud.

The change came in Visual Studio Code 1.54 (now 1.54.1, thanks to a bug fix update), which is available as a universal 64-bit binary, as is standard for apps with Apple Silicon support.

"We're excited to bring these benefits to the entire Visual Studio family," said Microsoft's Rhea Patel in a Dec. 18 post. "With Copilot Free, you'll have AI-powered tools right at your fingertips -- ...

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 ...