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The Container Tools extension makes it easy to build, manage, and deploy containerized applications from Visual Studio Code. It also provides one-click debugging of Node.js, Python, and .NET inside a ...

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Visual Studio Code 1.109 introduces enhancements for providing agents with more skills and context and managing multiple agent sessions in parallel. Microsoft has released Visual Studio Code 1.109, ...

Visual Studio Code 1.109 introduces structured, multi-agent workflows that move AI assistance beyond single-chat interactions. Parallel subagents enable concurrent task execution without consuming the ...

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