Download Visual Studio Code 1.78.0

Visual Studio Code is an open source code editor with support for IntelliSense, debugging, Git and code snippets. Downloads are available for Windows, Linux and macOS. Support for common scripting and programming languages ​​is present and it can also be done via extensions to be expanded. Microsoft has released version 1.78.0 and although it is already May, this version is being offered as the April release. Detailed information about this release is available this page to find; this is the announcement:

April 2023 (version 1.78)

Welcome to the April 2023 release of Visual Studio Code. There are many updates in this version that we hope you’ll like, some of the key highlights include:

• Accessibility improvements – Better screen reader support, new audio cues.
• New color themes – “Modern” light and dark color theme defaults.
• Profile templates – Built-in templates for Python, Java, Data Science, and more.
• Drag and drop selector – Choose how you’d like item links placed into the editor.
• Standalone color picker – Color picker UI to insert or modify color formats.
• Quick Fixes for Source Control input – Fix spelling and other errors right in the input box.
• Markdown drag and drop videos – Easily add video tags into Markdown files.
• Notebooks insert images as attachments – Choose between an image link, path, or attachment.
• Git LFS and VS Code for the Web – Use vscode.dev for repos with Git Large File Storage.
• USA Code Day 2023 – Catch up on the sessions in the YouTube playlist.

If you’d like to read these release notes online, go to Updates on code.visualstudio.com.