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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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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Juan C.

Developer

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

11/14/2019

"Excellent programming environment"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

I love visual studio code because with it I can write my code and develop my applications easily, it also allows me to configure the version control tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

My only problem is that it consumes many resources from my computer. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

10/14/2019

"A good discovery of a Microsoft tool"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

Visual Studio Code is a light IDE which makes it faster than other ones but still powerful. Also, the integration of versioning is effective, it's the best to simplify to fix pull request conflicts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

Auto-completion feature is not fully relevant compared to Jetbrains IDE. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Visual Studio Code:

I'm not kind of Microsoft tools but VSCode is a really great IDE especially for backend development. 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 flexible tool with lots of available extensions which is a real benefit for an IDE. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

11/6/2019

"Why VSCode is the best on the market at this moment ?"

5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

When it comes to using a code editor, there are a number of things you can judge it on such as performance, stability, looks, feel and its extensibility. VSCode incorporates all this features, in a simple application. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

Performance could increase, even this isn't the main concern, but in some moments just gets blocked and nothing more you can do except restart it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Visual Studio Code:

Best editor on the market - at least of TS / JS Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

I find the VSCode marketplace to be a better experience, especially with how its integrated directly in the editor. You can very easily see an extension’s popularity, reviews, etc. straight from the editor. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Higher Education

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

8/10/2019

"Great IDE, but needs a few things more to be a perfect IDE"

3.5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

Overall, I like the ease of use that this IDE gives. It is clean, well designed in terms of the UI. The themes are great, they really look amazing on Mac. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

There are a couple of things that I dislike overall about this IDE. The one thing that is a deal breaker is the the file structure. The file structure seems broken, it never shows a consistent path, or shows other file directories NOT associated with the current project on the IDE. Another thing, for Web based work, like HTML, wish it has some sort of "View in Web" option like Sublime text. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Visual Studio Code:

I would say, try other IDE's first before committing to a new IDE and having a bit of confusion with initial setup. Other editors like Sublime text come with ease but with a price. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

I am a web developer/software developer. I use it to code in react js and other code editing needs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Veronica M.

Travel agent and Web Developer

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

3/10/2019

"Source code editor with excellent built-in features"

5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

I have been using this editor for a while and it is very good, it has very good features, its interface is easy to use, it has a very innovative horizontal menu with all its tools, it also has the option to connect with the Git repositories directly without having to download additional add-ons. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

Sometimes it does not find the errors quickly, so I have to save the file to be able to notice the errors in the syntax, also depending on the size of the project this editor can become very slow. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Visual Studio Code:

If you are looking for a source code editor with support for the most used programming languages, this is a good option. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

It is a tool with which I have been able to work comfortably with my colleagues, since we can manage the repositories with ease, and it is also very useful when it comes to web development. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Luis M.

Software

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5/18/2019

"One of the best source code editors"

5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

What I like the most is that it is a free product from Microsoft, it has a simple interface, it is easy to use, it integrates Git since it is also an option I use a lot to save my versions. It is compatible with many languages, in this case, the ones I use are Python or Java. It is a lightweight and clean code editor. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

Since I've been using it, there's nothing I dislike, but sometimes I've had errors that have been resolved by restarting the program. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Visual Studio Code:

I recommend it to everyone, use another code editor as this one is quite complete, clean, and easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

I have developed applications to learn some languages and to create applications for clients. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Rebeca L.

Software Developer

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

3/28/2019

"A light and practical development environment to encode what you want."

4.5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

It has a plugin store in the same editor, you can also configure your debugger to find the errors of the programming language you want, something I like about this code editor is its interface since it is very compact and has all the tools I need for the development of applications and web pages. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

The configurations of certain tools are somewhat complex, in addition to executing projects that have a large number of files this becomes somewhat slow. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Visual Studio Code:

It is a free editor and with excellent benefits for any software developer, I recommend it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

In my work this code editor is very helpful because it allows me to work comfortably and quickly, it has tools that other editors do not have, either as the Git commands, which are very helpful for me because I can manage the repositories easily. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Marketing and Advertising

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

11/13/2019

"Surprisingly nice code editor from Microsoft"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

Well used, so easy to find answers to questions on google. Provides a lot of plugins to cover pretty much any task you need Visual Studio Code to perform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

Not many downsides actually, which is surprising for a Microsoft product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Carlos Alberto S.

UI Developer

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

5/22/2019

"Amazing Editor for Developers"

5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

Built by Microsoft, it comes with tons of default features that will make coding really easy, it has support for a very wide variety of languages natively and if the language you are using is not supported by default, chances are that there's an extension on the marketplace adding the support to it.

The extension marketplace has thousands of it, making the editor very customizable, you can turn on and off the extensions whenever you want, and each extension is customizable as well, making one editor sufficient to support almost all languages. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

Being an electron app, you will see peaks of resource usage. Also since it's a text editor with extensions for a wide variety of languages, if you are looking for a complete IDE for one specific language, it will lack some features against tools like Visual Studio for C,C++ and C#, IntelliJ for Java or PyCharm for Python, that are IDE's specifically built for a language. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Visual Studio Code:

Give it a try, it has a lot of community support and there are improvements monthly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Web development coding and version control, since these tools are integrated, sometimes I don't even need a Git GUI, or even need to type commands to run my projects, since it also has an integrated Terminal. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Hamza S.

Web developer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

9/26/2019

"The best code editor I have ever used"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

it has multiple extensions for multiple languages Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

too many extensions available to download that confuses Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Visual Studio Code:

It is recommended for the beginners and or any level use it for yourself Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

I am not solving any problem I am developing new web apps. the benefits I have realized are really good intelligence Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.