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Google's Antigravity IDE Sparks Forking Debate -- Visual Studio Magazine Google's new Antigravity IDE spurred much developer debate focusing heavily on its apparent status as a Visual Studio Code fork, with developers debating why another fork is needed, what it means for ...

Discussion around Google's new Antigravity IDE has zeroed in on its apparent use of the VS Code codebase, with developers debating why it is another full fork instead of an extension, and much more.
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VS Code for the Web -- Azure Adds Faster Entry Points for Browser-Based Cloud Development -- Visual Studio Magazine Microsoft expanded VS Code for the Web -- Azure with new ways to open AI-generated code directly in the browser-based workspace while continuing to evolve the environment beyond its preview phases.

VS Code for the Web -- Azure now offers quicker paths from AI to code with new Foundry and Azure Copilot entry points. Develop and deploy in the browser with no setup needed. 🚀💻
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Google Joins AI IDE Race to Compete with VS Code, Apparently Forking VS Code -- Visual Studio Magazine Google has introduced Antigravity, an agent-first IDE built around Gemini 3 and other LLMs that enters the AI IDE arena alongside Visual Studio Code, amid many reports and clues that it may be based o...

🚀 Even as Microsoft turns VS Code into an open-source AI editor, Antigravity enters the race with its own approach to trust, autonomy, feedback & self-improvement for agents.
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Decision Tree Regression from Scratch with Pointers Using C# -- Visual Studio Magazine Dr. James McCaffrey presents a complete end-to-end demonstration of decision tree regression from scratch using the C# language. The goal of decision tree regression is to predict a single numeric val...

Dr. James McCaffrey walks through a from-scratch C# decision tree 🌳regressor, including non-recursive construction and MSE-based splitting. 💻

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How Blazor's Unified Rendering Model Shapes Modern NET Web Apps -- Visual Studio Magazine Allen Conway explained how Blazor's render tree, component lifecycle, and modern rendering modes introduced in .NET 8 and refined in .NET 9 and .NET 10 give developers flexible, efficient options for ...

Blazor’s rendering pipeline is evolving fast ⚡
Allen Conway broke down how .NET’s render tree, 👨‍💻lifecycle events, and new rendering modes improve app performance and developer control.📘
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Azure Developer CLI Adds AI Agent Extension for Foundry Deployments -- Visual Studio Magazine Microsoft introduced a new azd AI agent extension that lets developers build and deploy Microsoft Foundry agents directly from their local development environments.

The new extension ⚙️ streamlines Foundry agent development with project templates, IaC and one-command deployment from your dev environment. Faster path to production agents.🤖
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Azure Cosmos DB Adds New AI Search and Agentic Capabilities at Ignite -- Visual Studio Magazine Microsoft expanded Azure Cosmos DB's AI capabilities at Ignite 2025, adding new vector and full-text search features, Semantic Reranking and an MCP Toolkit for agentic applications.

Float16 vectors, faster ingestion, new full-text features, Semantic Reranking & an MCP Toolkit for agentic apps. Strong signals for devs building retrieval and multi-agent systems.
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Microsoft Reaches Second Milestone in Open-Source AI Editing for VS Code -- Visual Studio Magazine Microsoft open sourced the inline suggestions system in VS Code, marking the second milestone in its plan to build an open-source AI editor and continuing the work detailed in the first milestone repo...

@microsoft.com has open-sourced VS Code’s inline suggestions engine, a key step toward making it a fully open AI editor.

The Copilot features are unified into a single extension for faster, more transparent development.

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What's New for C# 14 and F# 10 in .NET 10 -- Visual Studio Magazine Microsoft's C# 14 and F# 10 updates ship with .NET 10, adding new language features, tooling improvements and refinement-focused enhancements across both ecosystems. Extension member functionality hig...

C# gains extension members and new productivity features,🚀 while F# adds scoped warning control, improved computation expressions and faster type checking. 👨‍💻
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OpenAPI.NET Delivers Its 'Biggest Update Ever' With Twin v2 and v3 Releases -- Visual Studio Magazine Microsoft announced two new OpenAPI.NET releases that it describes as the library's biggest update ever, adding OpenAPI 3.1 and 3.2 support along with performance and reliability improvements.

Microsoft calls the new v2/v3 releases its 'biggest update ever' 📢 with OpenAPI 3.1/3.2 support 📘 and improvements for .NET API workflows ⚙️.
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Visual Studio 2026 Integrates Azure MCP Server for Agentic Cloud Workflows -- Visual Studio Magazine Microsoft has added the Azure MCP Server directly into Visual Studio 2026, enabling developers to manage Azure resources through natural-language interactions inside the IDE, which the company says no...

Visual Studio 2026 adds Azure MCP Server support 🌩️ so developers can manage cloud resources directly in the IDE ⚙️ using natural-language prompts 💬.
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Microsoft Reaches Second Milestone in Open-Source AI Editing for VS Code -- Visual Studio Magazine Microsoft open sourced the inline suggestions system in VS Code, marking the second milestone in its plan to build an open-source AI editor and continuing the work detailed in the first milestone repo...

✨The update moves ghost text and next edit prediction into the Copilot Chat extension, consolidating all AI features into one experience. 🧩
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Uno Platform Studio 2.0 Adds New AI Tools for Cross-Platform .NET Development -- Visual Studio Magazine Uno Platform released Studio 2.0, adding new AI-driven design, documentation, and runtime interaction tools to streamline cross-platform .NET development.

It adds new AI capabilities ⚙️for designing UIs, querying documentation, and interacting directly with live apps across every supported platform.
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Microsoft Releases Aspire 13, Dropping the .NET Part -- Visual Studio Magazine Microsoft released Aspire 13 at .NET Conf 2025, adding AI integration through the Model Context Protocol and introducing the “Aspireify anything” concept to bring any app into its distributed developm...

🌐 It expands AI integration through the Model Context Protocol and introduces “Aspireify anything” to connect any app—.NET, Python, Node.js, or Java—into the Aspire ecosystem.
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Visual Studio 2026 GA: 'First Intelligent Developer Environment (IDE)' -- Visual Studio Magazine Visual Studio 2026 debuts as the world’s first AI-native IDE, introducing intelligent agents, faster performance, and full compatibility with .NET 10 and existing extensions. The release adds Copilot ...

💡 Visual Studio 2026 launches as the first AI-native IDE, integrating intelligent agents, faster performance, and a redesigned UI.
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.NET 10 Arrives with AI Integration, Performance Boosts, and New Tools -- Visual Studio Magazine Microsoft's .NET 10 release highlights AI integration through the new Microsoft Agent Framework and related extensions, alongside significant performance, language, and tooling upgrades across the eco...

🤖 It's centered on AI with the new Microsoft Agent Framework and Model Context Protocol. It also boosts performance, adds C# 14 and F# 10, and ships with Visual Studio 2026.
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GitHub Copilot Adds 'Auto Model' Selection Preview for Smarter, Faster Responses -- Visual Studio Magazine Microsoft introduced a new auto model selection feature in Visual Studio's Copilot Chat that automatically chooses the best available AI model for each session, improving performance and efficiency wh...

🤖 It automatically picks the best AI model for each chat, delivering faster responses and a 10% discount for paid users. No manual switching needed.
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VS Code 1.106 (October Update) Adds Agent HQ, New Security Controls -- Visual Studio Magazine The October 2025 update to Visual Studio Code (v1.106) introduces Agent HQ for managing AI agents, expands Model Context Protocol authentication, and delivers improvements to security, trust, and the ...

🚀It introduces Agent HQ for managing AI agents, adds new security controls for MCP registries & brings Terminal IntelliSense to general availability. Details:

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Microsoft Details How 'Agents Took Over VS Code in 2025' -- Visual Studio Magazine Microsoft's unified agent experience in VS Code consolidates Copilot, Codex, and custom agents, introducing Agent Sessions, a Planning agent, and subagent tools for context-aware, multi-agent developm...

2025 really was the year agents took over VS Code. Microsoft's new unified experience merges Copilot, Codex, and custom agents with tools like Agent Sessions, Planning, and subagents for smoother, context-aware collaboration. 🧩💻

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Custom Agents Lead Microsoft AI Roadmap for Visual Studio -- Visual Studio Magazine Microsoft's November Visual Studio roadmap outlines in-progress work on multi-agent support, enhanced chat and planning, MCP integration with governance, and expanded model management, reflecting cont...

Microsoft's November AI roadmap for Visual Studio expands on multi-agent support, smarter chat workflows, full MCP governance, and GPT-5 Codex integration. Copilot is moving closer to end-to-end IDE assistance across code, tests, and commits. ⚙️💬

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TypeScript Tops GitHub Octoverse as AI Era Reshapes Language Choices -- Visual Studio Magazine GitHub's Octoverse 2025 shows TypeScript becoming the most used language on the platform by monthly contributors, with data pointing to typed languages and AI-assisted workflows influencing developer ...

🔧The Octoverse data links typed languages with agent-assisted workflows 📈, while C# keeps steady growth & VS Code remains a top contributor magnet. Copilot is high among newbies. 🤖
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Visual Studio 2026 to Be Showcased at .NET Conf -- Visual Studio Magazine It will spotlight Visual Studio 2026 with sessions on profiling, upgrades, debugging, and AI integration.

See what's next for Visual Studio 2026 🚀 at .NET Conf Nov 11-13! New AI-assisted debugging, faster profiling, and .NET 10 tools are on the way—free, virtual, and open to all.

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Azure Cosmos DB Python SDK Update Powers AI with OpenAI Integration -- Visual Studio Magazine Microsoft announced the stable release of Azure Cosmos DB Python SDK 4.14.0, adding AI-driven document reranking, optimized batch reads, and automatic write retries developed in collaboration with Ope...

Azure Cosmos DB Python SDK 4.14.0 is out 🐍 with AI-powered document reranking, faster batch reads, and built-in write retries -- built in collaboration with OpenAI.
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VS Code Expands AI Flexibility with Bring Your Own Key -- Visual Studio Magazine Microsoft expanded model choice in VS Code with Bring Your Own Key (BYOK), enabling developers to connect models from any provider and manage them through a new extensible API. </head>

VS Code's new Bring Your Own Key 🔑 lets developers connect OpenAI, Hugging Face, or custom models directly through extensions using a new provider API.
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