The improvements are part of the VS Code extension for Python, which is currently the most popular programming language extension on Microsoft's Visual Studio Marketplace, with 16.2 million installs.

Microsoft is rolling out a new Python Environments extension in VS Code, now reaching 20% of stable channel users. The tool ...

Microsoft is adding the Python programming language to Microsoft Excel, allowing users to create powerful functions for analyzing and manipulating data.

Microsoft introduces Python in Excel Advanced users will now be able to directly add Python code to the sheet and analyse it using the usual Excel formulae.

Microsoft says its new Pylance language server will make Python developers who use VS Code far more productive.