Visual Studio Code 1.93 equips the web version with IntelliSense

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The August update for Visual Studio Code has been released. A new profile editor in version 1.93 makes it easier to manage profiles, and IntelliSense for JavaScript and TypeScript is now available in the web version. In addition to the new release of the source code editor, Microsoft has also published the monthly update for the official Python and Jupyter extensions.

IntelliSense for JavaScript and TypeScript in vscode.dev

Supporting features such as code completion are available in VS Code under the name IntelliSense. IntelliSense is available for JavaScript, TypeScript, JSON, HTML, CSS, SCSS and Less. IntelliSense can now also be used in the web version of the editor, vscode.dev, for JavaScript and TypeScript. This allows suggestions and documentation for imported packages such as react to be displayed, which should be very similar to the desktop version.

In TypeScript files, IntelliSense is available for packages listed in the package.json file. JavaScript files are a bit more flexible and use automatic type acquisition, as the VS Code team explains. Therefore, IntelliSense is available there for any package that is imported into the current file, even if it is not listed in package.json.

IntelliSense for full JavaScript and TypeScript projects is also enabled and allows navigation through JavaScript and TypeScript code via Go to Definition and Find All References, type error reporting and automatic imports during coding. Package typings and IntelliSense support for complete projects are currently limited to Chrome, Edge and Firefox browsers, while Safari is not supported.

There is also more news for IntelliSense: An experimental feature in the desktop version of VS Code is IntelliSense for PowerShell. It shows a completion list while typing and can be enabled by setting "terminal.integrated.suggest.enabled": true on Windows and macOS.

New profile editor

VS Code 1.93 provides a new profile editor in which developers can manage their profiles in one central location. Among other things, it is now possible to create new profiles, edit and delete existing profiles and import and export profiles for sharing with other developers.

These and all other new features can be found in Microsoft's announcement article on Visual Studio Code 1.93.

Unit tests now also with Django

The VS Code extensions for Python and Jupyter from Microsoft have also been released in a new version, named after the current month as usual. The September innovations enable unit tests with the open source web framework Django in the Test Explorer. When activating inlay hints with the language server Pylance, developers can now also use Ctrl+click or Cmd+click to navigate to the definition of a type when hovering over it.

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