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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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Dani Paolo D.
DD
Frontend Developer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
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"Product Review"
What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

1. I like the fact that you don't have to open a separate terminal for your npm packages and git repos cause it's already built-in.

2. It already comes with the Emmet plugins for fast shortcut coding and you can install more cool things that you haven't tried yet.

3. The endless possibilities of using different themes and colors, for your visual preferences.

4. Linting is gold, finding bugs and errors is easier than ever.

5. The support is second to none. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

I hate it sometimes that it takes a toll on your body clock; You can't sleep cause you're addicted to the product and even in sleep you're still coding lol. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Salvatore D.
SD
Analyst Developer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Fantastic code editing experience"
What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

Code editing in VS Code is rapid, simple and comlete. It has so much customization and extension you can use it for anything, any language, any workflow, any framework. And it don't use so much resource. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

Many feature means much more resource needed. They are implementing often new feature, I hope this will not land to too much resource needed that is one of my favourite thign using an editor instead of a full featured IDE, Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Marines A.
MA
Analista de programación
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"The best IDE available on the market. Fantastic, flexible, and economical development option."
What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

As a programmer with several years of experience, I can say that I like this application and I love that it can predict the code being written, which makes the work much easier and faster. I like the ease of use and the ability to open a complete folder, so I can see all the files I need to modify. Its most powerful effect is organizing the project file hierarchically so that it is easy to see in detail. It has a beautiful dark theme with support for other themes. This is my favorite editor and that of my colleagues at the company. I use it frequently, as it is simpler and more comfortable to do all the editing and it is very easy to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

What I dislike is that some customizations can be a bit difficult to set up correctly and that it might be a little complex for a new user. Other than that, I have nothing to complain about or dislike, because my overall experience has been really professional, good, and productive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

PC
Arquitecto de desarrollo de aplicaciones
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Visual Studio Code is the king of the industry"
What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

The interface is simple, typical of Microsoft and is available on all platforms, such as Linux, Windows and MacOS. It has excellent coding features and autocomplete functions. In addition, it has a great integration with GitHub, which makes it a very complete editor and provides more comfort. I also like it to be very light and to update frequently. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

Sometimes it was a bit difficult to find errors in the syntax and I also had some problems with the debugger, because it had a slightly confusing configuration, however, the great community of users that Visual Studio Code has, helped me solve. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Dhrubajyoti (Drew) D.
DD
Software Engineer
Information Technology and Services
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"My Got To Code Editor"
What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

Visual Studio code is the best code editor out there. There is a very active developer community that have developed any extensions you need. Seamless integration with git makes workflow very smooth. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

I wish that visual code made it easier to work with files over ssh. current solution is to work with sshfs but it regularly goes out of sync. also working with virtual environment that are not in the root directory requires manual configuration. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Francisco G.
FG
Director de desarrollo empresarial
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"cross-platform source code editor created by microsoft."
What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

visual studio core is a sophisticated text editor that allows multiple functionalities and own features was created by microsoft and also its development is based on being multiplatform since it works correctly in both windows and linux, it also supports several programming languages ​​since this Not only does C # and VB support Windows programming languages, but it also gives way to these Java, Go, C, C ++, Ruby, Python, PHP, Perl, JavaScript, Groovy, Swift, PowerShell, Rust, programming packages. DockerFile, CSS, HTML, XML, JSON, Lua, F #, Batch, SQL, Objective-C. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

This is a text editor that is not usually all that is said about it, but to use it in certain systems as it says that it is cross-platform, it is not at all since in the ubuntu operating system it is a bit green so to speak and which is not open source either because it talks about being proprietary software and this point is not very clear. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

JD
Web Developer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"One of my favourite code editors."
What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

We can use it to edit any code regardless of the programming language. Its plugins are very nice addons that we can use to customize the experience editing code. It's an Open Source project, and its multiplatform implementation is very nice. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

Sometimes, if you don't have a high end device, especially when you installed a lot of plugins, it can freeze or crash. It consumes a lot of RAM memory although it may seem that it is a lightweight program. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

AS
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Great cross-language IDE"
What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

Has built in code linters, debugging tools, and git access. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

Sometimes slow to load. Can take up a lot of RAM. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Abhishek S.
AS
MEAN STACK DEVELOPER
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"My views on Visual Studio Code."
What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

I am using Visual Studio more than 3 years. Its various feature, compatibility and light weight makes Visual Studio better than other IDE's. Following feature i found useful in Visual Studio:

1. Beautiful and innovative user interface - everything is on fingertip from debugger to version control.

2. Comes with specific setting for work-space and entire IDE differently.

3. Version control is easy.

4. Debugging : Various options available for debugging like conditional breakpoints,column breakpoints.

5. Shortcuts : short keys or hot keys really helps a lot and VSCode is full of hot keys.

6. Rich community : lot of packages and extensions are available for various programming languages. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

I have used VSCode for a long time there are some minor issue which you can easily ignore considering it comes Open source (free) with rich community backing it.

Some of the issue which i found annoying:

1. Inbuilt console: if your code stuck for some logic issue then you have to restart VSCode again.

2. Two different setting option is good but sometime its time consuming. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Vincenzo M.
VM
Developer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Clean, quick and simple text and code editor with some program integration"
What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

The first thing that struck me was how quickly it opens. Then I first saw the interface, which is made up 90% by text. On the right you can find a custom scrollbar which shows a miniature version of the entire document plus an indicator next to it to show which line is selected. You can quickly go from part to part of the document through the miniature. On the language side, it supports many programming and markup languages, automatically recognizing them when you open a file. It also has dynamic word completion which suggests what you need most of the time. You can also use its flexible tab feature and you can also open files side by side to work on both at the same time. Another bonus is the fact that you can make it work as an IDE in programs like Unity3D (and Mono included with Unity3D acts as the compiler). To list one last feature (there are too many to list them all), there's also a plugin support with a dedicated free plugin store for any extra needs. This is the most user friendly text and code editing program I have ever used so far. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

Sometimes the auto complete feature is invasive. I would also like if the program had a spell check feature in multiple languages as I find myself having to use it to translate webpages in the .html file itself 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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