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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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Srishti K.
SK
Junior Software Engineer
Computer Software
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Light editor with most powerful and efficient features"
What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

The best thing about visual studio code is that it identifies the different modern programming language and provide recommendations related to extensions and settings

its very easy to use with an excellent and efficient ui and one of the best thing is that it is multi platform that is it works on windows, Mac and as well as linux and provide very good intellisence

Its live share feature helps you to share the code with by just enabling the option Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

There are not much things to hate about for such professional editor but one thing is that while loading bulky and heavy projects, vs code takes very much timr to load and compile Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services
UI
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"So far a good experience with visual studio code"
What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

A very good code editor which support languages like c,c++,python,javascript,html,css etc along with framework like django. It has a intelligent code sense which detect the code syntax properly.It also integrate with other tools like gitlab. It has a debugger which gives adequate information about program trace. Its auto complete feature is pretty fast. It also provide good routing in code throughout the entire project.It has a terminal feature which makes easy to run code inside the editor only. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

The process of configuration of debugger takes lot of time as its a complex process. sometimes even after all configuration is done right it do not work.

After adding any extension a reload of VS code is required. It takes a lot of systems memory which sometimes hangs the system. For few extension it suddenly stop working. GUI programming is difficult in terms of process of configuration of a lot of things. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Theja W.
TW
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Great application to develop in verity of languages"
What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

I like this application because the application is really light weight so we can deploy the application in any kind of machine even with low resources. Also visual studio code supports many developing languages. So that we can use it without downloading specific software. Also this application have many integrated tools such as debugging tools and deployment tools Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

Some times the application can make memory drain when using with multiple instances Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Market Research
UM
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Coding efficiently with excellent debugger and interface."
What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

I like this product very much because it has excellent support with an extensive library of add-ons to support additional features such as IntelliSense code, integrate JSLint and even its integrated console, I can customize the design and colour schemes according to my tastes provides intelligence functions that allow me to quickly write the steps of script/code to make coding faster, also provides a very good debugging tool to debug the code and discover any errors. This is the most powerful and easy-to-use text and code editing program I've 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 plug-ins loaded and sometimes, it gives occasional seemingly random error banners at launch that don't really affect performance, but happen (at least for me). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services
UI
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Amazing text editor for rapid development and editing"
What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

Interface and a massive amount of plugins Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

nothing so far. I love the visual studio code Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Matthew E.
ME
Web Developer
Computer Software
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"VSCode primarily for Node JS projects"
What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

Before VSCode, there was VSCommunity which is a very good program however it's not lightweight which gives it a long time to launch. VSCode is lightweight and has plugins for better productivity, syntax understanding and file types. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

It would have to be the tab ident size not being consistent when a file with code is added into the directory. The tab indent size will be based on the file's code rather than the size specified in the settings. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Telecommunications
UT
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"More features and more plugins"
What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

Mostly all type of plugins are available for multiple platforms. Easy to link source control and mange the project Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

Regular update keep notifying to install . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Divyanshu P.
DP
Software Developer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"very cool editor for development"
What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

-- Visual Studio Code is very light product to use and development

-- supports almost all languages and their respective features.

-- with the help of various extensions available on market place user can easily convert visual studio code to an Integrated development environment.

-- supports various integrations like Git , test runner. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

-- becomes heavy and takes much time to load if user adds more extensions.

-- should support synchronization feature so that all installed extensions can easily be tracked on other ,machine.

-- should have quarterly release and every months with small improvements and features . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

DM
Accounting Manager
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"All the power of Visual Studio in a tex editor"
What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

When you need to update a piece of code rapidly and avoid using the developer's tools (that takes a lot of time opening) Visual Studio Code saves your day, open faster than any other IDE.

With a beautiful black design and clean menus distribution, you can easily open a folder, create a file and edit your code.

Did I mention you can use windows Console, Phyton, Ruby on Rail, C#, Angular and many other programming languages on it? you don't really need any other solution just download this. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

There is only one thing I really don't love but I understand it's necessary and happen with all the Microsoft solutions, yes I'm talking about updates! they are annoying but useful if they don't appear when less are need would be great but that its the price you should pay for having a great tool like Visual Studio Code. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software
UC
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Simple and extandable"
What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

The simplicity of the software. By default there is no tons of functionality that's you'll use once in your life, everything is customizable: themes, settings, and extensions.

I like the fact that you can create all the keyboard shortcuts that you want.

The number of extensions is just crazy, you're almost sure to find what you want. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

No native possibility to sync the themes, settings, and configuration with an account 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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