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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Prashant K.

Senior Associate

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

5/7/2021

"Great IDE for python programming"

5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

It is free and open-source. I use python for my programming, so I use both .py and .ipynb notebook scripts, which is a very cool feature for a free IDE. It is very intuitive and has many extensions and UI customization options that can be tailored for personal needs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

Support of jupyter notebook be a bit more since it still feels like a few of jupyter notebook features are not there but it's not a dealbreaker. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Visual Studio Code:

Go for it. It's the perfect tool that comes free and has a lot of community support Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Having used pycharm which has intelliJ and jupyter notebook which has its own benefit for data science programming, VS code - a free tool provides best of both worlds. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Mohit V.

Junior Engineer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

10/7/2021

"Review for visual studio"

3.5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

the visual studio provides front end and back end development Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

It take lot more time to load in the systems which has less features.

It takes lot of time to open the software and operate. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Visual Studio Code is a streamlined code editor with support for development operations like debugging, task running, and version control. It aims to provide just the tools a developer needs for a quick code-build-debug cycle and leaves more complex workflows to fuller featured IDEs, such as Visual Studio IDE Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Abhishek K.

Application Developer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

12/7/2021

"VS Code, and they make writing HTML (and CSS) a lot faster. provide cl to communication with git hub"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

Multi-Cursor Shortcuts, The Integrated CLI (Command Line Interface), ESLint and Execute and Debug JavaScript Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

Debugging supporter AI should be more improved.

Hard to change the setting on VS Code. so that should be more user-friendly Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Human Resources

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

3/5/2022

"Easy Setup, user friendly and best performance"

4/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

I likes the way we can implement our apps easily , writing the code, integration with other tools etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

Sometimes it's tough for new commers to install the packages and organise code. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Trilochan N.

Azure Integration Specialist and Senior EDI Business Analyst

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

12/16/2021

"Easy to manage code in many languages"

5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

Easy to manage code in many languages. I can write code in python language for my data science project Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

Easy to use. Look an feel is also good. I have never faced any problems Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ankith S.

Full-stack Developer

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

1/13/2022

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"A great code editor"

5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

It's simple user interface, helpful extensions Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

Can have more skins. can have better fonts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

8/19/2021

"Excellent Dev Environment"

5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

VSCode is basically a text editor, but what I think makes it so lovely to use are all of the extensions that are independently created to enhance the experience and usability. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

The editor can become a little too busy at times, making it difficult to work. Having certain pop-up functionality is excellent and can help, but at times, those things can get in the way. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Visual Studio Code:

I would recommend using VSCode because it is so easy to use and it makes writing code so much faster with the ket commands that are built into some of the extensions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

It allows me to create code-based projects easily. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Editor

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

9/3/2021

"Best Code Editor"

5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

I love how easy it is to use, there is so many great features to it, and a lot of community-made plugins to use! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

Sometimes the highlighting can be a bit off, but, that might be an issue that is fixed with an update or two! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Vishal G.

Software consultant

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

11/3/2021

"User friendly ide"

4/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

Suggestions based on libraries and programing language Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

By default when we open terminal it opens shell promo, for which they can give a setting. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Games

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

11/11/2021

"Really good IDE"

5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

The plugins, and that it supports many different languages and libraries. Plus the open source nature of the platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

Sometimes it can take a little while to launch, especially compared to notepad++. So it is not so suitable for simple txt files. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.