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Time to Implement

2 months

Return on Investment

13 months

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Users consistently praise Visual Studio Code for its lightweight performance and extensive customization options, which allow for a tailored coding experience across various programming languages. The built-in Git integration and IntelliSense features enhance productivity, making it a preferred choice for many developers. However, some users note that performance can decline when too many extensions are installed.

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UI
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"My favorite code editing tool"
What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

I love the number of extensions and the overall ease of use.

I can run multiple instances of it without memory problems.

I like that I can configure almost anything in the way I want to. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

Sometimes it's hard to use the debug function. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nathan T.
NT
Software Developer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"A great editor with minor inconsistencies across operating systems"
What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

Visual Studio Code is fast and highly extendable with a beautiful UI. I like that it feels complete with a clean install; little to no configuration is necessary to start writing code in Javascript or Typescript in an easy UI. I am impressed with how it can be extended to support most languages and tools needed for debugging, linting, etc. The pool of extensions is large, and most of the recommended extensions have been relatively well-made. I was pleased to find a functional Perforce (version control) extension, which made it easy to integrate VS Code with my company's work-flow. Keymaps are seemingly endlessly customizable, and there is a plethora of online documentation to quickly understand features. The auto-complete feature is the most usable I have used in any editor or IDE. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

It is to be expected, but I have found a few inconsistencies across each operating system I've used it in (Windows, Ubuntu, Mac). Some extensions that fully work in Windows only partially work in Ubuntu/Mac and vice versa. Extensions related to keymaps seem to be particularly susceptible to this. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

bhumil v.
BV
Senior Software Engineer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Best Light weight editor in the market"
What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

Autocomplete, Debugging and less usage of RAM compared to other editors. Faster than its competitors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

Updates require restarts and they are too frequent. It should update without restart Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Julio Guillermo A.
JA
Software Developer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.
"Best IDE to code any lenguaje"
What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

It is fully customizable. That is, I can download extensions and configure specific functions Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

Some of those setups may be a bit clunky, but they're worth it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Having a great experience working with this tool for developing the code"
What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

The colour coding style which makes easy to differentiate and understand properly.

The file structure of this tool is properly designed.

Shortcut keys are very helpful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

Sometimes it gives unnecessary error lines for the correct code. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Prateek M.
PM
Area Sales Executive
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Visual studio in daily work"
What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

The extension visual studio provides its increased my productivity exponentially. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

The visual studio eat ram a lot. Which hangs my system completely. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

JH
Systems Engineer
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Good IDE Tool for programmers"
What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

The way in which programming code can be structure and the syntax correction Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

Somehow the integration with Windows seems to be problematic. The compiler gives several errors. However, this is not the case with Mac. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Goutam s.
GS
Web Developer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"My ultimate and regular web developing helper"
What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

every time i used Visual Studio Code. i always fall into love with it. this the fastest and fluent code editor i have ever seen and ever used. the light weight of the software makes it more useful and grate optimized to all user. in Visual Studio Code i mostly use to code php and all database related works. the plugins of the Visual Studio Code are the best thing to me. i use many plugins in Visual Studio Code. al those helps me to code easily and the auto complete system with extension is grate. sometimes, i forget some codes and Visual Studio Code helps me to write them and also helps me to find out which is wrong. which is also super & best thing for me. so over all i must say Visual Studio Code is a fantastic code editor. and useful to all developer and normal user. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

sometimes Visual Studio Code crash without any reason. maybe this problem happens for the developer or for the computer hardware or software. and in my regular use i don't found any such dislikable thing in Visual Studio Code. maybe it's the best and for my regular use and some limited use i don't know some more features. may for that reason i couldn't found any problem in it. as i used all things are pretty good to go. so from my opinion. there is no such dislikable thing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Navneet Singh N.
NN
Programmer Analyst Trainee
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"The best IDE out there"
What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

The upsides of using Visual studio code is first of all its free of cost. Has a very nice and pretty user interface and you can customise it as per your needs. You can choose from a number of themes and set the one that best suites you. It is very much easy to use and even you stuck anywhere you can find the solution very easily as a lot a people use this. And the most important feature that I like about visual studio code is suggestion ,it supports almost every language and the suggestion makes it pretty much more easy to code. You can add extensions to speed up your workflow, You can also add boilerplates to not write same codes every time that code will be just a key away. It is recommend by a lot of people and I also have feel that it is the best IDE for web developers out there. And also it is supported in all the platforms. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

There is nothing that I dislike about visual studio code. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Guy T.
GT
Software develpor
"Visual Studio Code is the Best IDE I've ever used."
What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

Everything, it's way better than other IDE's Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

To be honest, there aren't a lot of downsides in my opinion. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Pricing Insights

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Time to Implement

2 months

Return on Investment

13 months

Average Discount

19%

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