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.

The March 2020 update to Microsoft's wildly popular Python extension for Visual Studio Code focused on improving quality via bug fixes, but it did introduce a new debugger.

Version 1.0 of the new debugger for Python in Visual Studio Code (VS Code), called Debugpy, shows up in the latest update of the popular Python tooling for the open source, cross-platform code editor.

Microsoft's open-source Visual Studio Code is growing hand in hand with Python.

Anaconda includes Microsoft's Visual Studio cross-platform code editor in its Python-based data science platform.

Based on feedback, Microsoft also added features like read-only mode, support for additional languages like C++ and Python, and enabled guests to start debugging sessions.

Visual Studio now supports debugging Linux apps; Code editor now open source Microsoft doubles down on cross-platform software development.