For developers keen on using programming language Python, there's a new tutorial that shows how to build a Python application in a Docker container using VS Code and Microsoft's VS Code Docker ...

As with the set of Java extensions, Microsoft has released a C++ extension pack that includes several extensions for C++ development in VS Code as well as free tutorials for developers.

After a decade of waxing and waning in popularity, the language supplanted Java last year as the world’s most widely cited programming language. Java closely followed C, with a 17.4% share.

C was ranked first, Java second and C++ fourth in that list. For January 2012, the PYPL index ranked Java No. 1, PHP second, C# and C++ tied for third, and the C language was next at fifth.