Visual Studio Code 1.96, the latest version of Microsoft’s popular code editor, has arrived with an overtype mode and a “paste with imports” feature for JavaScript and TypeScript.

"This is why you should NEVER copy paste commands directly into your terminal," warns Friedlander. "You think you are copying one thing, but it’s replaced with something else, like malicious code.

Educators can take inspiration from this. Providing students with starter code or exemplar solutions to copy can jump-start the learning process. In this sense, copy-paste is a form of apprenticeship: ...