Visual Studio Code Reviews & Product Details

Visual Studio Code (VS Code) is a free, lightweight, and powerful source code editor developed by Microsoft, compatible with Windows, macOS, and Linux. It offers a rich set of features, including debugging support, syntax highlighting, intelligent code completion, snippets, code refactoring, and built-in Git integration. Users can customize the editor by changing themes, keyboard shortcuts, and preferences, as well as by installing extensions to enhance functionality. VS Code supports a wide range of programming languages and frameworks, making it a versatile tool for developers. Key Features and Functionality: - Debugging: Built-in debugger with support for various programming languages, allowing developers to set breakpoints, inspect variables, and step through code. - Syntax Highlighting and IntelliSense: Provides syntax highlighting and intelligent code completion for numerous languages, enhancing code readability and productivity. - Integrated Git Control: Seamless Git integration enables users to manage version control directly within the editor. - Extensions and Customization: A vast marketplace of extensions allows users to add new languages, debuggers, and tools, tailoring the editor to their specific needs. - Integrated Terminal: Built-in terminal supports various shells, enabling command-line operations without leaving the editor. Primary Value and User Solutions: Visual Studio Code streamlines the development process by combining a robust set of features with a user-friendly interface. Its cross-platform compatibility and extensive extension ecosystem cater to a diverse developer community, supporting a wide array of programming languages and frameworks. By integrating essential tools like debugging, version control, and terminal access into a single environment, VS Code enhances productivity and efficiency, reducing the need to switch between multiple applications. Its customizable nature allows developers to tailor the editor to their workflows, addressing the unique challenges they face in software development.

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Microsoft

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Languages Supported

English

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sam jain (Student at JECRC University)

Value at a Glance

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Time to Implement

2 months

Return on Investment

13 months

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Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

12/3/2021

"Perfact tool for developers"

4/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

Its very lite weight IDE support almost all the programming languages it's dark theme is cool and very nice to work with also it have lot of add-on plugins to increase the productivity Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

I haven't experienced any dislikes on this IDE. I've used a couple of IDEs, but this is the best one I have ever encountered. Collaboration functionalities can be improved. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Manish k.

Quality Analyst

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

12/10/2021

"Standard code editor support multiple platform"

5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

It can be used for creating different types of application like web application, mobile application and web services. It support lot of languages like , python, c , c++, php and with the help of plugin we can also do coding in Java. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

There is no such thing to dislike about visual studio but sometimes when we publish database an error occurs and logs are also not too good to find out the exact problem. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Visual Studio Code:

It is great IDE and powerful tool for application development. Auto complete functionality will save a lot of your time while coding and syntax highlight helps you to do coding efficiently. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Visual Studio Code solving and how is that benefiting you?

We used visual studio in our multiple projects in previous organization. Some projects used python and some were using php. Smart auto complete and syntax highlight makes it more comfortable to do coding. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Joe A.

web developer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/14/2022

"World dominating code editor"

5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

VS Code is a great editor. I like the ease of theming and customizing it with the settings. It seems like everyone is using it and there are tons of plugins to add even more functionality. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

nothing. VS code is fantastic. It is the best editor I have ever used. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Rehan A.

Senior Software Developer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

11/17/2021

"Visual Studio Code is very powerful and easy to handle."

5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

Visual Studio Code is free but it has all features of modren code editor. It has built-in support of Node.js, Typescript and Javascript and there are many extensions available for other languages like Python, C#, C++, PHP etc. You can customize VS Code according to your needs.

Following are the some features which very helpful for coding and it speed up of your task being done.

1. Syntax highlighting and bracket matching.

2. IntelliSense

3. Linting and correction

4. Code navigation

5. Debugging.

6. Refactoring. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

There is not much to dislike about this code editor, except you have to use Command Palette to run any command and other IDEs have wizards that are much easier to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Veronica N.

Customer support staff

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

9/1/2021

"The best lightweight."

4.5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

It is free of charge.

You can use multiple windows without a problem

A lot of platforms are supported.

You can integrate it with Git.

There are a lot of plugins to make your work easier and more impressive.

It installs very fast compare to visual studio.

Excellent built-in features like auto-highlighting.

It is very handy in quick script modification. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

It would be better if it had spyder-style UI

It doesn't have the most advanced debugging features the would be more helpful.

The plugins available can cause stability issues.

The app sometimes consumes more resources than necessary. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Visual Studio Code solving and how is that benefiting you?

We are saving on costs with this software.

We can now easily compare files which makes work easier for us.

Because of its ease to learn, we are saving a lot of time.

We no longer have to use specific platforms as all of them are supported.

The auto-complete has reduced the errors that may occur during coding. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

2/2/2022

"Overall great IDE with some improvements possible for integrations"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

The UI is very clean and I do like that it is customizable. There are features that allow you easier formatting and finding of important details. I also like the internal terminal and that you can open it in any directory from terminal. There are also many integrations that make it more customizable and better to use. Overall, great product and lightweight. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

The integrations are helpful but some (that are even made by Microsoft) are laggy or have some disconnect when working with them or just don't work at all. It would be great if they were refined and quality tested more before releasing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Raju K.

software Engineer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

4/7/2022

"Best Open source IDE"

5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

Great plugin support and easy to use. development suits for all types of the technology stack. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

Slow loading and sometimes it's showing not responding. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Manas P.

CEO

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

10/20/2021

"Great IDE cum text editor"

5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

I can use a lot of key bindings and also integrate VIM in visual studio code, the best part of Visual studio code is the marketplace, Thousands of great extensions, and sometimes it makes it easier to set up a project like a flutter in VS code. The only thing I can say is Everything is available in VS code for free. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

There is nothing to say about dislikeness, but the application is built on Electron, so that's why it takes few amounts of ram and makes it slower in older devices. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Aman G.

Research And Development Intern

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

8/28/2021

"One of the best and Lightweight IDE and easy to use."

5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

vscode is having lots of extensions.

remote access is possible, which makes coding easier on vm.

it's very lightweight, so the experience is outstanding.

plugins are easy to integrate.

a good amount of resources available for help. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

There isn't much to dislike about VSCode, but the latest version of VSCode is a bit complex compared to previous versions, so I prefer versions other than the latest one. As in previous versions, the folder structure is a bit nicer, and the footer consists of appropriate information. So that kind of format was much better to use for me. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Visual Studio Code:

I think it's a good IDE to start working on projects if you are starting your career and are at a fresher level as it's straightforward to learn and very handy.

You will find an ample amount of resources on the internet related to VS Code, so practically speaking, you will never be in much trouble; finding help is very easy if using vscode. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Visual Studio Code solving and how is that benefiting you?

VSCode works fine with almost all tech-stack we are working on . So we are not required to switch IDE again and again as the project changes.

VSCode Extensions make it simpler to use with every technology.

We mainly need to do all code on remote VM, and installing VSCode on VM or server is not handy, so we can code by remotely connecting with VSCode on that VM. It solves the maximum of the problem of sharing and uploading code on VM. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.