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A new Test Explorer highlights the February release of the Python extension for Visual Studio Code, by far the most popular tool in the marketplace, installed more than 6.5 million times. The Python ...

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Many engineers write code to automate instruments and collect data. While you can use commercially available programming languages, you can also use open-source software tools to write your automation ...

The new extension for Visual Studio Code aims to end the previous fragmentation and ensure a uniform workflow with Python environments.

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