Just before Stack Overflow deemed it the 'fastest-growing major programming language,' Microsoft conveniently detailed updates for using Python in the new Visual Studio 15.4 Preview 1.

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The updated Python extension is available for download from Microsoft's Visual Studio Code (VS Code) marketplace, where it's currently the most popular programming language by a long mile.

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