In a a robust Hacker News thread sparked by Jamf Threat Labs research, a VS Code team member defended the editor's Workspace Trust model as the primary safeguard against repo-based malware -- while ...

North Korea is doubling down on a familiar playbook by weaponizing trust in open-source software and developer workflows. The ...

Thirty years ago today, Netscape Communications and Sun Microsystems issued a joint press release announcing JavaScript, an object scripting language designed for creating interactive web applications ...

Google's new AI-powered Antigravity IDE has triggered an intense discussion among developers after many users quickly concluded that the tool is based on Microsoft's Visual Studio Code. A Hacker News ...

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a self-propagating worm that spreads via Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extensions on the Open VSX Registry and the Microsoft Extension Marketplace, ...

A lightning-fast crash course on JavaScript, the world’s most popular programming language. From its 1995 origins as Mocha in Netscape to powering front-end apps, Node.js servers, mobile apps, and ...

In context: Windows has included a proprietary JavaScript engine since the release of Internet Explorer 3.0 nearly 30 years ago. Technically, JScript is Microsoft's own dialect of the ...

So, you’re wondering, “can I learn JavaScript in a day?” It’s a common question, and honestly, it’s a bit tricky. Think of it like this: can you learn to play the guitar in a day? You might learn a ...

Anthropic’s powerful AI assistant, Claude, now offers deep integration into VS Code. This move of Anthropic brings Claude’s advanced reasoning and code generation capabilities directly into the most ...

At its Build 2025 conference, Microsoft open sourced a number of apps and tools, including a new command-line text editor for Windows called Edit. Open source software may not earn the company direct ...

Python libraries are pre-written collections of code designed to simplify programming by providing ready-made functions for specific tasks. They eliminate the need to write repetitive code and cover ...