Can a newbie really vibe code an app? I tried Cursor and Replit to find out

I'm not a programmer, but I tried four vibe coding tools to see if I could build anything at all on my own. Here's what I did and did not accomplish.
Visual Studio Magazine

Hands On with Copilot Vision: VS Code's Head Start and How the IDE Is Catching Up

AI space! GitHub Copilot's vision and image-based features arrived first in VS Code in February 2025 and have since become ...
Computer Weekly

Microsoft open sources XAML Studio

XAML Studio is a rapid software application development prototyping tool that started out life as a Microsoft Garage project. It is intended to help developers to quickly build and preview User ...
XDA Developers on MSN

NotebookLM's Studio panel feels like a secret second app - here's how I make the most of it

NotebookLM’s Studio features live in the right-side panel of the interface. Instead of having to reorganize or recreate your ...
InfoWorld

Getting started with GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio or VS Code

Learn how to use GitHub Copilot to generate code, optimize code, fix bugs, and create unit tests, right from within your IDE ...

Microsoft rolls out tables in Notepad for all Windows 11 users, though I'd feel happier about this if I knew this was the final addition to my favorite little app

If you're a Notepad purist, you can remove the option to use tables by clicking on the cog icon in the top-right corner and ...

Microsoft is closing its employee library and cutting back on subscriptions

The physical and digital Microsoft Library is transitioning to an AI-powered ‘learning experience.’ ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Hands On with New Experimental GitHub Copilot 'Agent Skills' in VS Code

Visual Studio Code 1.108 introduces Agent Skills for GitHub Copilot, enabling developers to define reusable, domain-specific ...