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

Discussions

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Languages Supported

English

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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 Computer Software

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

5/10/2022

"Best code editor for web development"

5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

* simple yet powerful design

* one of the best product from Microsoft

* completely open-source & rich plugin ecosystem that enriches productivity Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

None, it works like a charm. Sometimes it's a bit slower but greatly depends on the machine we're Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

4/20/2022

"Visual Studio Code Review"

5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

Visual Studio Code is clean and neat for coding and stuff. It was not my thing previously when I tried using it and it was my favorite and best. Its provides a easy way of organizing the whole package of code in a simpler way. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

The only thing which I don't like is it is heavy to install the setup. And for me, it was a little not user-friendly for installing the extensions and uninstalling them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Osama A.

Full-stack Developer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

3/1/2022

"User friendly interface and great extensions"

5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

Extensions and customization makes it best to code and feature to connect with database is so cool for an IDE, best IDE for .NET core projects and website development. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

There is nothing to dislike except the fluent updates it should be less with major updates so the user should not annoy. And it should less complex and should be more simple. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Andrew K.

Integration and Deployment Management

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

8/17/2021

"Light and Simple Code Editor"

5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

It has multi-language support (need to install the respective plugin), and it is easy to get started. It's lightweight and doesn't come with all the bloat that one would expect from other IDEs. Support for remote development is also lovely. I like being able to open a terminal and navigate on the server and run my code in the same window. It greatly streamlines my workflow. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

There isn't much to dislike about this application. Maybe one complaint is the support for Jupyter notebooks is still a bit lacking and under development. I understand it's an IDE first and notebooks are a different flavor of coding so to speak, but having this be a one stop shop kind of tool would be nice. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Visual Studio Code:

I would recommend investing the time to set up the proper configs and linters for your codebase. This way, new joiners can easily get started and have all the advantages of visual studio code right at their fingertips. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

As a former Vim user, the main benefit is efficiency. I'm able to edit code more easily and quickly. Once I enable git, I can also easily track changes. The ability to open a terminal is also great. Coding in Visual Studio Code is much more enjoyable and time efficient. The real-time tracking of changes relative to the git branch is also helpful. I can easily revert and study changes that I have made in the past. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Shubham S.

Technical Director

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

10/9/2021

"A very easy to use Code Editor with many extensions!"

5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

The User Interface of the Visual Studio code is beautiful and easy to use. There are many preferences to adjust from the display type to the color of the code to write. Apart from that. there are many extensions to add to the VS code hence making it the best code editor in the market. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

There is only one thing that should be added in the VS code i.e. to directly push the code from the editor to Github platform, which will make code collaboration more easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Visual Studio Code:

Perfect code editor for Web Developers. There are many extensions in the software that make code collaboration very easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

I have been easily able to manage our product at the company and can collaborate on the code. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Rajashekhar C.

Senior DevOps Engineer

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

5/3/2022

"VS Code — You love it"

4/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

I'm using it to develop micro services using python and java applications. I like

GUI

Ease of use for new coders

Integrated terminal

Plug-ins for CLI tools and other tools. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

As it requires more system resources when I installed dependent plugins. Lack of Shortcuts. I dislike most is performance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Tushar G.

Software Engineer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

8/17/2021

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"VS Code for every Code..."

4.5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

The thing which I like most about VS code is its vast support for hundreds of languages. No need for additional IDE is required. I can code different languages with one IDE, and that's a great thing. Ample of extensions available for different type of use cases.

Linking of functions or procedures to their defination is a great addon feature.

User friendly user interface.

Intgeration with git, so that its easy to work along with the remote repositories and local repositories.

Excellent customization available for different views and working editor environment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

I have been using visual studio code since I started coding in the industry, and I haven't come across any severe thing which will add up something in the dislike list of VS code.

Sometimes it do eat up lot of ram memory during usage of VS code.

Debugging can be simplified .

Sometimes loading third party plugins crashes the VS code. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

I have build from small and simple projects to large and complex system projects using VS code. The benefit I get from using VS code is that it's a whole package development and testing integrated environment. Syntax highlighter, autocomplete, terminal integrated, etc., are a few of the benefits.

Collaborately working with git is added benefit.

By the intergarted termial option provided by VS code, no need to open different OS terminal to move you projects on different testing environments and pre prod systems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Julio A.

Software Engineer

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

12/8/2021

"Adaptable and useful"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

It's super personalizable, and you can make any software using this tool. It provides a lot of compliments and extensions to improve your software, testing, development process, etcetera Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

The only thing that I found is you need to search and install all the extensions that you will use. But many pages show you what the bests are for you and how you can use them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Subham G.

Full Stack Engineer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/15/2022

"Interactive, apt and fulfilling"

5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

The extensions marketplace provides all the code extensions that a programmer or developer would need in software development lifecycle. Interactive even for a non-developer. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

Debugging tool and process support is on the downside. Please improve. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Visual Studio Code:

Know the shortcuts well, this will help increase your productivity. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

I use Visual Studio Code as my daily editor, it even supports picture formats. The interactive mode for Jupiter notebooks is awesome. The docker management tools is implemented very apt. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

2/3/2022

"long term partner for every language"

5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

I switched to VSCode from Notepad++ obsession four years ago. It consists of all the necessary tools to carry out my development work at my current workplace—Linting, Aligning, Unit testing, GIT Integration, you name it. VS got you covered. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

The configuration of VS and plugins is a bit complex; I have to edit JSON objects for specific configurations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.