Microsoft has released the Python Environments extension for VS Code into general availability after a year in preview. The extension unifies management of Python environments across all major tools—venv, conda, pyenv, poetry, and pipenv—through a single UI powered by PET, a Rust-based environment scanner. Key features include
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