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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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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Somik K.

Senior System Engineer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/19/2022

"Best lightweight code editor"

5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

It supports multiple plugin including docker. It is very user friendly and its intellij suggestion is just awsome. I will prefer it over all the odeeditors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

Some more plug ins are required in this code editor and the teminal should be good Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Mahek V.

Software Development Engineer II

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

6/22/2021

"All in one IDE for Beginners"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

The auto code suggestion feature helps while writing codes.

The auto variable suggestion feature that suggests previously initialized variable when writing an extended code.

The split window option opens multiple files side by side and helps in comparing the code.

Easy Git initialization for the project folder and resolving of conflicts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

There is no environment setup option for the project, which creates conflict while working on multiple python projects at the same time.

Else there is nothing to dislike about Visual studio code. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

It's helping in developing scalable source code, debugging our code files, increasing the productivity of a developer by suggesting better codding standards while writing the code.

Its helping us in getting less chance of syntax error with the help of the auto code correction feature. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Higher Education

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

12/29/2021

"Great to code, especially with the new plugin support"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

Loads fast, easy to learn—great plug-in support.

I use the autocomplete code plugins for filling in repeat code and it is absolutely amazing. Saves time and is a great experience Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

Its in-built auto-complete code should be better. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Visual Studio Code:

Use this, rather than Visual Studio, for less intensive tasks

Has native support for jupyter notebooks too. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Data analytics- Deploying Machine learning algorithms on datasets

Optimization projects- Using Gurobi solver to solve microgrid optimization problems Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Anuj S.

Sales and Marketing Mentor

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

9/29/2021

"Best IDE for coding."

5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

I really like the extension & suggestion. The Colour palate of the code is good, it makes the code understand and look better.

It is compatible with all languages & file types.

And the best is, it is available for free. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

Sometimes it hangs up and then needs to restart the application. Using multiple extensions can create load for VS Code which leads to slow working. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Program Development

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

10/7/2021

"Visual Studio for developers"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

1. Supports almost all the coding languages.

2. Extensions: The availability of extensions helps a lot in the indentation and clean code.

3. In-built terminal: It has an inbuilt terminal.

4. Terminal: It gives options for terminals like CMD, powershell, Git bash, etc.

5. Themes: It has different themes, of which dark theme is used a lot as it does not stain eyes.

6. Inbuilt Debuging tools Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

1. At times, Visual Studio code hangs a bit while opening terminal.

2. Few Extensions: Few of the extensions which helps to get the logs from sever, get hang a lot as there are .

3. Mobile app not available. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Devang G.

.NET Developer

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

10/11/2021

"daily use of vs code"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

I like visual studio the most. because of VS Code, I can do code in several languages.

Also, I am working with VS Code for the last 5 years. I developed so many apps and web sites on VS code. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

there is nothing specific that I am not liking about VS code. I love VS Code Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

sudhakar R.

Wordpress Developer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

11/19/2021

"Simple yet powerful tool for all kind of coder"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

Very simple and have a lot of plugins to simplify the programmer's job Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

there is no dislike till now in this tool Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sibongakonke N.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

9/23/2021

"Most flexible IDE modern software development"

5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

The IDE is memory efficient and easy to use. most programming languages are supported, and you can access the terminal from within the IDE Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

There is very little to dislike about VS Code; they heavily rely on extensions; so there is a lot of configuration before getting started with the language of your choice Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

9/30/2021

"The best code editor for developers"

5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

The best thing that I like about VSCode is its huge extensions library from which you can choose multiple extensions to make your development much smoother and faster. I particularly love the extensions like prettier, ES7 snippets, live server, and many more. It gives powerful support for git and a straightforward way to commit code, resolve conflicts, compare changes, etc. Also, we can search for content in the project in a much easier way compared to other text editors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

There is not much to dislike about this editor, except maybe it's a bit heavier than some other popular text editors like sublime text, but at the same time, it comes with its perks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Visual Studio Code:

If you are working as a web developer, then I would recommend VS Code to you. But if you code using Java or Python, you probably might want to go for text editors built explicitly for that like Pycharm or Eclipse.

If you are using VS Code, then I would suggest you explore the different extensions that it provides, as it can make development a cakewalk for you. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

I am currently using Visual Studio Code in my firm, and it has made development very fast and efficient. I use many features like multiline select, prettify code, and language support which prevents a lot of manual work for me. All in all, I can now churn out a lot more code than I would have if I were using any other text editor. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

12/9/2021

"Best in class code editor"

5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

It can support various languages with help of just plugins and it is very lightweight. It has great auto-completion engine and Git integration is also very simple with it Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

The only thing I dislike about it is its poor debugging features Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.