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.
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 ...
GitHub

Visual Studio Code

Visual Studio Code is a free code editor from Microsoft, based on open source. It’s highly customizable with tens of thousands of themes and extensions, including those for working with any ...
Windows Report

How to Install Visual Studio Code on Windows Step by Step

You start by getting the official installer from the Visual Studio Code website. Open your preferred browser on Windows. Go to the Visual Studio Code download page ...
Bleeping Computer

Glassworm malware returns in third wave of malicious VS Code packages

The Glassworm campaign, which first emerged on the OpenVSX and Microsoft Visual Studio marketplaces in October, is now in its third wave, with 24 new packages added on the two platforms. OpenVSX and ...
Lifehacker

You Can Get Microsoft Visual Studio Pro for Just $10 for Black Friday

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. Black Friday sales officially start Friday, November 28, and run through ...
New Atlas

Everything you need to code, debug & deploy—Visual Studio Pro is $28

TL;DR: Scoop up Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2022 for just $27.97 (MSRP $499). Code smarter, faster, and more efficiently with Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2022, now just $27.97 (MSRP ...
winbuzzer.com

Microsoft Visual Studio 2026 Arrives via New Insiders Channel, Weaving AI Deep into the IDE

Microsoft has released the first version of Visual Studio 2026, introducing a major overhaul of its flagship IDE centered on AI, speed, and a modern user interface. Available through a new “Insiders ...
Neowin

Here are all the new features available in Visual Studio 2022 version 17.14Here are all the new features available in Visual Studio 2022 version 17.14Here are all the new ...

Although Visual Studio Code is a very useful lightweight code editor, it is actually vanilla Visual Studio that is Microsoft's flagship integrated development environment (IDE). As such, Microsoft ...
The Windows Club

You can install Claude AI code in VS Code now

Anthropic’s powerful AI assistant, Claude, now offers deep integration into VS Code. This move of Anthropic brings Claude’s advanced reasoning and code generation capabilities directly into the most ...
Thurrott

Build 2025: Big Updates for GitHub Copilot, Open Source Implementation in Visual Studio Code

Microsoft announced during its Build 2025 keynote that it will open source GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code, its lightweight, cross-platform code editor, while adding a plethora of new features to ...