Python in Visual Studio Code – February 2024 Release

- Python debugger extension is now installed by default.
- Create Environment option is added in the Python interpreter Quick Pick.
- Quick Pick now has a built-in variable viewer for Jupyter, allowing users to monitor variables in their program as it runs.
- New diagnostic rules are introduced with Pylance, providing typing issue diagnostics when type checking mode is enabled.
- VS Code now supports triggered breakpoints, automatically enabling breakpoints once another breakpoint is hit.
- Support for multi-level pytest classes is added, displaying top-level classes in the Test Explorer.
- Various improvements and bug fixes.
- Community feedback is requested on a design proposal for test coverage.