We are pleased to announce that the November 2018 release of the Python Extension for Visual Studio Code is now available. You can download the Python extension from the Marketplace, or install it directly from the extension gallery in Visual Studio Code. You can learn more about Python support in Visual Studio Code in the documentation.
This release was a quality focused release, we have closed a total of 28 issues, improving startup performance and fixing various bugs related to interpreter detection and Jupyter support. Keep on reading to learn more!
Improved Python Extension Load Time
We have started using webpack to bundle the TypeScript files in the extension for faster load times, this has significantly improved the extension download size, installation time and extension load time. You can see the startup time of the extension by running the Developer: Startup Performance command. Below shows before and after times of extension loading (measured in milliseconds):