# Why is Visual Studio code so popular?

Why is Visual Studio code so popular?

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- Posted at: about 3 years ago
- Author title: Pinned by G2 as a common question
- Net upvotes: 1


## Comments
### Comment 1

Visual Studio Code's popularity can be attributed to its winning combination of factors. It's an open-source, cross-platform code editor that's both lightweight and fast, making it accessible to developers on Windows, macOS, and Linux. Its extensibility through a rich library of extensions allows developers to customize and enhance their coding experience for specific languages, frameworks, and tools.

Intelligent features like auto-completion, syntax highlighting, and code navigation, combined with its integrated support for Git version control and debugging, streamline the development process. The inclusion of an integrated terminal and seamless debugging capabilities further reduce context-switching, enabling a more focused workflow.

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- Posted at: over 2 years ago
- Author title: Bachelor of Science in Computer Science | Content Writer | Guitarist and Musician
- Net upvotes: 1


### Comment 2

It is a good tool which is handy for debugging and coding for developers at a time,

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- Posted at: almost 2 years ago
- Author title: Senior Software Engineer at Mindtree



### Comment 3

Easy To use.
Beginner Friendly.
Many Extension to ease our Work.
The user-interface is Easy and has Many customization.

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- Posted at: over 2 years ago
- Author title: Software Engineer (Front-End Devloper)



### Comment 4

 its lightweight, highly customizable nature, making it accessible to developers across various programming languages

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- Posted at: over 2 years ago
- Author title: Laravel | Node | Express js | PHP | jQuery| mysql | Frontend | Backend



### Comment 5

Very good integration with GitHub is one of key points in my opinion. 

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- Posted at: over 2 years ago
- Author title: Lead, Infrastructure Specialist 



### Comment 6

Well, mostly because of its simplicity and friendly user interface and smooth performance. Any beginner who might have downloaded vsCode can easily navigate through the functions and learn it in a few hours or so.
Also many developers referring vscode, also accounts to make vscode so popular.

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- Posted at: almost 3 years ago
- Author title: Student at Saint Joseph's School(Freelancer)




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