{"slug": "ml-development-in-vs-code-with-google-cloud-power-workbench-extension-now", "title": "ML Development in VS Code with Google Cloud Power: Workbench Extension Now Available", "summary": "Google Cloud launched the Workbench Notebooks extension for VS Code, enabling data scientists to manage cloud-based Jupyter environments directly from their local IDE. The open-source tool aims to streamline the ML lifecycle by eliminating context switching between local experimentation and cloud compute.", "body_md": "For data scientists and developers, the ideal workflow combines the familiarity of a local IDE with the heavy-lifting capabilities of the cloud. Today, we are bridging that gap with the launch of the **Google Cloud Workbench Notebooks extension** for VS Code. This new tool allows you to harness the scalable infrastructure of Google Cloud directly within your local development environment.\n\nGemini Enterprise Agent Platform Workbench has long been a go-to platform for managed Jupyter environments optimized for data science. By bringing Workbench into VS Code, we are enabling a more fluid experience where you can manage your code and cloud-based notebooks in a single interface.\n\nThis integration is specifically designed to **streamline the ML lifecycle**. By **eliminating context switching**, developers can move from local experimentation to high-performance cloud compute without disruption.\n\nThe Workbench VS Code extension offers a seamless bridge between your desktop and Google Cloud's AI-optimized infrastructure:\n\nTransitioning your data science projects to the cloud is straightforward. Follow these steps to integrate your local environment with Gemini Agent Platform Workbench:\n\nAs part of our commitment to the developer ecosystem, the extension is fully open-sourced to support community-driven innovation. This project is a launchpad for bringing the best of Google Cloud's functionality to users everywhere, and we're just getting started.\n\nWe are thrilled to finally bring these two platforms together. Download the extension from the [VS Code Marketplace](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=GoogleCloudTools.workbench-notebooks) today, and contribute to the project on [GitHub](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/colab-enterprise-vscode)!\n\n**Happy coding!**", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ml-development-in-vs-code-with-google-cloud-power-workbench-extension-now", "canonical_source": "https://developers.googleblog.com/ml-development-in-vs-code-with-google-cloud-power-workbench-extension-now-available/", "published_at": "2026-07-03 20:56:36.156199+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-03 20:56:37.756343+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["developer-tools", "machine-learning", "ai-infrastructure"], "entities": ["Google Cloud", "VS Code", "Workbench Notebooks", "Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform", "Jupyter"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ml-development-in-vs-code-with-google-cloud-power-workbench-extension-now", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ml-development-in-vs-code-with-google-cloud-power-workbench-extension-now.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ml-development-in-vs-code-with-google-cloud-power-workbench-extension-now.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ml-development-in-vs-code-with-google-cloud-power-workbench-extension-now.jsonld"}}