Just launch that program, then go to “New File” and you can start writing code! The bad news is that you will need to choose between two versions of Python: Python 2 and Python 3.

Microsoft brings lots of new features and improvements to its popular open-source code editor, Visual Studio Code.

You're taking a new programming class this fall, and you don't know anything about code. Python is taught widely in schools, and it's one of the most loved programming languages because it's simple.

Among the improvements to Python functionality in the open source, cross-platform Visual Studio Code editor is a new start page highlighting the latest features, changes, tutorials and more.