Abstract: This paper presents a comprehensive comparative analysis of three distinct prompt engineering strategies—Zero-Shot, Few-Shot, and Chain-of-Thought—for Python code debugging applications ...

If VS Code freezes on open, the notebook is often too heavy to render because outputs are saved inside the .ipynb (dataframes, logs, plots, HTML). Clearing outputs reduces the file to cells only, ...

Struggling to debug your physics simulations in Python? This video uncovers common mistakes that cause errors in physics code and shows how to identify and fix them efficiently. Perfect for students, ...

Abstract: Hardware generation frameworks (HGFs) leverage high-level descriptions to introduce agile methods into hardware design. However, HGFs still rely on traditional RTL verification workflows, ...

Microsoft has officially begun decommissioning its IntelliCode suite, marking the end of a multi-year effort to provide local, machine-learning-assisted code completions. The move, executed alongside ...

A stealthy campaign with 19 extensions on the VSCode Marketplace has been active since February, targeting developers with malware hidden inside dependency folders. The malicious activity was ...

Two malicious extensions on Microsoft's Visual Studio Code Marketplace infect developers' machines with information-stealing malware that can take screenshots, steal credentials, crypto wallets, and ...

This testing guide is for validating the migration from the legacy Python extension API to the new Python Environments extension API. This change affects how the Python Debugger extension resolves ...

Bugs show up, eat all your time, and gaslight you into thinking you are the problem. You’re not. You just solved that problem a few commits ago, but now it’s harvest season again. Half the bugs you ...

When debugging an unittest, stepping through the lines result in a new tab being opened with each step. This is intermittent and may be resolved when closing and reopening vscode. I've noticed the ...