| VSCode 1.97 Adds Copilot And Python Debugging |
| Written by Kay Ewbank | |||
| Thursday, 13 February 2025 | |||
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The latest update of Visual Studio Code is now available with free use of GitHub Copilot and the ability to debug Python directly from the terminal. Visual Studio Code is Microsoft's open source code editor that shares part of a name, but not much else, with full Visual Studio. It is open source under a MIT license and development has been conducted on GitHub.
As reported elsewhere, this release adds the ability to use GitHub Copilot for AI-assisted code suggestions. While this is free-to-use, that only applies for 2,000 code completions a month. Developers also get 50 chat messages a month in the free tier. Once these limits have been reached, the cost is $10 a month for the unlimited Pro plan, which also provides access to additional models like o1 and Gemini. The inclusion of Copilot will continue to be updated as part of the main VSCode product. Away from the Copilot additions, this release has a number of other changes, starting with the ability to debug a Python script or module without the need for setting up configuration in a launch.son file first. Instead, debugging is available from the terminal, the command will invoke a debug session, and any breakpoints set in your script or module will hit. Python developers can also now launch a VS Code Native REPL from the terminal, meaning you can directly open the VS Code Native REPL from the terminal. Other improvements include the ability to move the Command Palette and other Quick Inputs to a new position, rather than having it fixed at the top of the window; and the ability to filter the contents of the Output panel. There's also more help on working out whether a publisher is trustworthy, with a dialog that appears when you've chosen to install an extension from a publisher for the first time. Other improvements include a change so the notebook editor now supports showing inline values after cell execution, via the setting notebook.inlineValues; and the ability to choose to have scripts "pretty printed" in the JavaScript debugger. Finally, the TypeScript 5.7.3 recovery release, a minor update that fixes a few import bugs and regressions, is included.
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