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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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CK
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.
"Amazing platform for coding."
What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

This is a quick source code manager which encourages me sentence structure featuring, section coordinating, contrasting code from server rendition with neighborhood machine code, intuitive UI, and some more. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

As far as now I didn't have any issue with visual studio code. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Rufat K.
RK
Təssərrüfat müdürü
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.
"Pros and Cons of Visual Studio Code"
What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

These are advantages of Visual Studio Code - It has rich code refactoring support, Supports platform, independent code development, It has a rich code IntelliSense content, Code Debugger support, It's quick, Wide range of add-ons and so on... Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

Also, I want to talk some disadvantages of Visual Studio Code, Performance problems, Restricted search facilities, Compress search results to the left menu, The possibility of editing themes and so on. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Kumar S.
KS
Software Developer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Great Editor with lots of functionality"
What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

The Best code editor I have experienced.

-- Very light to load and lots of functionality in code editor.

-- supports all most every language for coding and editing.

-- if you need more feature about specific language then you can add by using extensions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

Very little part i dislike about this editor

-- Behave like as heavy as chrome if you add more than 5 extensions in use at a time.

-- Every month they come with new update which is some time irritating because if you are in private organisation they will not allow you to download the software or upgrade it every month. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sunny H.
SH
Software Consultant
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"This is the best development tool for Node.js, View.js and all other JS frameworks"
What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

The look and feel of the complete IDE is very friendly and easy to learn new tips. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

npm module search would be a good extension to the base product Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jhoanna G.
JG
Analista de soporte para TI
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
""POWERFUL" and "LIGHTWEIGHT" source code editor to develop, debug, deploy, and run code"
What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

I really like this product because it has excellent support with a large library of plugins to support additional functionalities like IntelliSense code, integrate JSLint, and even its integrated console. I can customize the design and color schemes according to my preferences. It provides intelligent functions that allow me to quickly write script/code steps to make coding faster. It also provides a very good debugging tool to debug the code and discover any errors. In short, this is the most powerful and easy-to-use text and code editing program I have used so far. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

What I dislike about Visual Studio Code is that it can be slow to start depending on the loaded extensions, and sometimes, it gives occasional seemingly random error banners at launch that don't really affect performance, but just happen (at least for me). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

CC
Software Developer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Versatile Development Environment"
What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

With this software writing my code is easier, it has a very good error debugger, it also allows me to install all kinds of add-ons to add additional functionality, support a large number of programming languages and does not consume much space on your hard disk. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

With visual studio code it is a bit difficult to handle large and heavy projects, since the processing of the files is slow and tedious. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.
"Around 9 Year of experience in Programming in Visual Studio"
What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

Visual Studio is easy to use and easy to learn.

Basically it's a platform to run multiple programming languages like C#, J#, VB and many more. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

Platform dependent was main issue of Visual Studio, now it can also achieve by using. Net Core. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Paige T.
PT
Software Developer
Computer & Network Security
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"The Free IDE"
What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

Visual Studio Code is an open source IDE for developing with multiple languages. It's a Microsoft product without the same price tag as similar suites, such as Visual Studio. It has most of the essential features from Visual Studio, such as Intellisense and suggestions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

My main issue with Visual Studio Code is the navigation. While Visual Studio comes with a searchable file tree, you have to use a shortcut search bar in Visual Studio Code. On top of that, it's not particularly easy to find unless you read up or someone informs you that it exist. I found myself searching through dozens of folders until someone pointed out the search shortcut. My only other issue is that autocomplete likes to take over occasionally, which leads to doubled tags and small issues like that. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

FO
Web Developer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Excellent web development tool"
What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

This is a very good tool to be able to develop software and applications of all kinds, it has a very customizable dark interface, it also has a store where you can buy and obtain additional accessories that allow you to add many interesting functions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

This software consumes a lot of resources when executing large projects in it, and its option menu is sometimes confusing and difficult to configure. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Baldwin R.
BR
Marketing Team Member
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"My review of Visual Studio Code"
What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

Visual Studio Code is currently one of the most widely supported code editors worldwide. There are countless extensions that help speed code creation. It works very well with fast code writing with emmet and with varied snipets of all or almost all programming languages.

It has an integrated terminal that facilitates the execution of code and speeds up the programming of the most commonly used languages ​​such as NodeJs, Python, ReactJs, AngularJs, VueJs, etc. And all that being a free editor. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

I can't find anything that really upsets me. 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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