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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Value at a Glance

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Time to Implement

2 months

Return on Investment

13 months

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Fahad A.

Programming Analyst

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

3/18/2022

"Best and most Vibrant Code editor out there"

5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

Its very light weight and comes with multiple language support and useful extensions Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

Nothing in ther to dislike every thing is just too smoothe but its a bit bulky for a text editor Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Aaryan S.

Project Engineer - Turbo

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

3/11/2022

"A complete package for beginners and easy to use."

4.5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

Intellicode suggestions are very helpful and user friendly. Github, devops connection to repository is an awesome feature. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

Connection to repository takes some time and sometimes fails too. Connection with a VPN won't work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Manish S.

Technical Lead

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

4/21/2022

"Review for vs code"

4/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

Its easy to use. Can use for multiple languages. Supports most plugins. Best thing is the Integration with remote vm Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

UI is not that apealing. Not easy to maontain multiple projects. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sojin A.

Senior Software Developer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

4/21/2022

"Best IDE for development, Using vs code from the last 5 years for JS and its frameworks"

5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

A large number of extensions, shortcuts.and best support for JS development Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

Debugging will stop automatically sometimes, this might be due to the low memmory Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Amar G.

Developer II - Software Engineer

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

1/17/2022

"Best IDE for Web Development"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

It has better and user friendly UI and tools compared to other Web Development IDE's in the market. It has good intelligence predictions while coding that helps developer. And it has short cut keys for most used features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

VS Code eats lot of memory. Git Integration can be done better. And It don't have good debugging tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Joash B.

Customer Service Agent

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

8/30/2021

"Easy and light"

5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

I love the ease of use of Visual studio code. It's a light application that can be used t code almost all programming languages. It's ability to ident code makes my code debugging very easy and fast. You can add servers as localhost and also access the websites through port numbers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

It's easy to use and free; hence I have no dislikes. I'm able to learn different programming languages with this one editor. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Visual Studio Code:

It's the lightest, easy to use editor that I recommend to everyone. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

We use it for coding purposes, with the use of Visual studio, we are able to test our codes if they are working well. We also use it to debug code. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Mihir G.

Student

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/2/2022

"Amazing editor, especially for coders!"

5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

The UI is very simple, and navigation around large files is easy. Many plugins such as Flutter, Jupyter Notebook, etc further help in improving the coding experience. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

Some of the plugins are not so good, and may be buggy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

1/16/2022

"use visual studio code for development work"

4/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

visual studio is a great IDE with intelligence, it enhances the development experience and has lots of in build commands for indentation of code, which makes the code readability very good, it gives option to minimize the code block , minimize all code block in one go , which allows the developer to see all available e function in single class Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

overall experience of visual studio, code is good , didn't experience anything yet which i add to dislike list Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Visual Studio Code:

visual studio can be used as developing code , apart from c# .net is support multiple languages , its good for type script python and angular Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

code readability , code indentation/formating , key board short cut makes the development experience very good Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Stefan Y.

Chatbot Content Specialist

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

11/11/2021

"Powerful and Minimalistic"

5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

Visual Studio Code is really easy to navigate. It has a clean and minimalistic interface. However, it supports a wide variety of extensions.It's integration with github is wonderful. I use Visual Studio code both on windows and Linux. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

I really cannot find any disadvantages related to this software. I use it on a daily basis. Perhaps if I have to point out a negative comment, it doesn't have a dependency graph viewer incorporated. However, I'm sure it will be possible with an extension. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Marketing and Advertising

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

12/28/2021

"Hands Down the Best IDE"

5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

Visual Studio IDE products are always feature-rich solution tools. The ease with which you can code-complete, debug, and develop makes these products the best on the market. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

The Visual Studio IDE products for the Mac and the Mac M1 lag way behind their Windows counterparts. Improving these products will only further lock developers into the Microsoft environment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Visual Studio Code:

Consider upgrading to Visual Studio Professional. Many more features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Visual Studio is my go-to tool during code development. We are realizing cost savings using the mobile features of Xamarin to create multiple solutions with one codebase. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.