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Abstract: Large language models (LLMs) have shown promising code generation capabilities; however, they still face challenges in generating successful code for non-trivial programming tasks. To ...

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Microsoft has moved its Model Context Protocol (MCP) support for Azure Functions to General Availability, signaling a shift toward standardized, identity-secure agentic workflows. By integrating ...

Microsoft announced that the Copilot Studio extension for the Visual Studio Code (VS Code) integrated development environment is now available to all users. Developers can use it to build and manage ...

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So, you want to start coding in Python, huh? That’s awesome! Python is super popular and pretty forgiving for beginners. But where do you actually write your code? You could just use a basic text ...

With Visual Studio Code 1.107, developers can use GitHub Copilot and custom agents together and delegate work across local, background, and cloud agents. Just-released Visual Studio Code 1.107, the ...

PythoC lets you use Python as a C code generator, but with more features and flexibility than Cython provides. Here’s a first look at the new C code generator for Python. Python and C share more than ...