Abstract: This paper explores the integration of Visual Code Assistants in Integrated Development Environments (IDEs). In Software Engineering, whiteboard sketching is often the initial step before ...

The Container Tools extension makes it easy to build, manage, and deploy containerized applications from Visual Studio Code. It also provides one-click debugging of Node.js, Python, and .NET inside a ...

A "coordinated developer-targeting campaign" is using malicious repositories disguised as legitimate Next.js projects and ...

Claude Code Superpowers plugin enforces TDD and hard checkpoints; it uses four debugging phases, trading speed for fewer skipped steps ...

Claude Code has pulled ahead of OpenAI's Codex in VS Code Marketplace adoption metrics for tools tagged with 'agent,' just one way to judge these tools for your particular needs in this rapidly ...

Linked to North Korean fake job-recruitment campaigns, the poisoned repositories are aimed at establishing persistent C2 ...

A developer-targeting campaign leveraged malicious Next.js repositories to trigger a covert RCE-to-C2 chain through standard ...

Hulud-like Sandworm_Mode supply chain attack targets NPM developers to steal secrets and poison AI assistants.

In a social media feedback thread started by Microsoft Visual Studio guru Mads Kristensen, multiple developers unloaded on the IDE's facility with AI provided by GitHub Copilot and other tools.

Microsoft is previewing an open-source command-line tool designed to speed up Windows application development, testing, and delivery.

A lightweight, browser-native Node.js runtime environment. Run Node.js code, install npm packages, and develop with Vite or Next.js - all without a server. Built by the creators of Macaly.com — a tool ...