The December 2023 update to Python in Visual Studio Code introduces several new features, including configurable debugging options that are now available on the Run button menu.

Microsoft has also made some improvements to its new JavaScript debugger, which is included with VS Code Insiders edition or can be installed from Microsoft's extension Marketplace in VS Code stable.

Microsoft's Debug-Gym is a Python-driven framework aimed at assessing capabilities of AI agents in handling practical code-repair challenges.

Developers benefit from features like Python code execution, syntax highlighting, debugging tools, and visualization capabilities, powered by a WebAssembly Python emulator.

Python for VS Code comes with the Python extension in the code editor's marketplace, which has been installed a whopping 30.3 million times, making it the most popular tool in the marketplace by far.

Microsoft has released version 1.58 of Visual Studio Code, also known as the June 2021 release, with improvements related to usability, customization, debugging, and Jupyter Notebook support.

Visual Studio Code 1.92 also brings improvements to the extension update experience that provide more control over updating extensions and makes it easier to manage auto-updating.