The Avalonia team has released a preview of a fully rewritten Visual Studio Code extension for Avalonia UI development. Built on a new shared XAML parser that also powers the Visual Studio extension, it brings feature parity between both IDEs. Key improvements include dramatically enhanced IntelliSense with richer completions and x:DataType Quick Info, Go To Definition support, clearer error diagnostics, automatic XAML namespace imports, event handler generation, and a more reliable XAML previewer with better DPI handling and zoom features. Notably, the extension is now part of the paid Avalonia Accelerate subscription and is no longer open-source, though free community licences are available for organizations under €1M in revenue.