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.

Java for Visual Studio Code now gets SonarLint 'spellchecker' tool, while the Python extension gets 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.

There are also a total of 66 fixes in this update to the Python extension for VS Code. Microsoft also highlighted that the Python debugger supports the Jump to Cursor feature.

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.

VS Code supports code highlighting for Python without this extension. However, if you will be working with Python, you should install this extension.

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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.