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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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Verified User in Utilities
UU
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Visual Studio Code has been one of favorite editors"
What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

Easy to debug, user friendly, convenient to use with command line tool, numerous extensions available for debugging, it's powerful, installations are automatically updated with my latest source files every time my solution is built, always staying current. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

Debugging setup was a little difficult at first, the autocomplete and auto import features are not as powerful, search is sometimes slow Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Gopal Z.
GZ
Sharepoint Developer
Computer Software
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Very powerful and rich IDE"
What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

It is very powerful and easy to use IDE.This is best editor.It is very light.It is very versatile , fast and easy to install and very easy to learn. You are using GIT in developing and conflict resolve option is most likely to having in this editor , it is easy to resolve conflict in this editor. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

Visual studio code gives great amount of customization for developing purpose, It is quite difficult for developers who don't know very well to understand and get very well. The shortcut key interface for keyboard commands is very unobtainable and really mixed up.Sometimes some extensions get buggy and fail on startup of IDE and I have to restart it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

BD
Keep is really great!
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"One of the best IDE's"
What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

Definitely, Visual Studio Code fulfills my expectations as a text editor.

He is one of the most modern text editors, at least in my opinion. It has different functionalities, you can add pluggins to improve your experience, since you can use them to autocomplete text, thus facilitating and speeding up the time to write several lines of code. You can have several simultaneous tabs to be able to observe several files, regardless of the type of extension that is used. His way of organizing each file per project, is fabulous, you work in a more organized way, and the text search engine that you have works very well, which helps me a lot.

It has an integrated cmd console which is quite good, already integrated into visual studio code. It is very customizable, you can modify the color scheme, adapting to the one you like the most. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

I have almost no problems with Visual Studio Code, sometimes it freezes while I have several tabs open additionally from the console, but it has been the only thing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

NN
Graphics Designer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Visual Studio Code is the best editor I've ever used"
What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

It is light and highly customizable that you can run any time of project from Node, python, web, android, ruby and so many more. It has the most beautiful interface and the best community of plugin and extensions Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

I cannot think of anything I would want changed or added to Visual Studio Code. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

CS
Developer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Solid, Functional Code Editor"
What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

It works very well. It has an excellent variety of themes and extensions. Very importantly, it works well with Git, and all around does a solid job. Once you get used to the keyboard shortcuts, too (which, of course, you can customize), you're on your way to excellent productivity. And Microsoft making such a good open source tool is simply hard to fathom and impressive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

Hard to say I could think of much, but it could use to have more of its Git functions placed in the Source Control panel. It took me a little bit to realize that I could manage branches in Code just because I expected there to be some presence of that function in Source Control. (My inexperience probably also contributed to that, though.) Also, the Electron framework it's based on is still a bit slow on older PCs such as the primary one I have to use. I sometimes miss the native code speed of Sublime, which I have used in the past sometimes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software
UC
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"My go to text editor for all my coding projects"
What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

The text highlighting feature and autocomplete (emmet extension) are my favorite parts. There are very many extensions, too if that is of interest. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

I don't know of anything bad in comparison to the other options out there. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Francisco L.
FL
Project Manager
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Best editor and multi platfform"
What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

This is the best and lightest editor to edit files. It is possible to create some projects, compile and debug different languages (.Net core, Intersystems Cache, etc.). It is a "MUST" in your collection of development applications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

You need a lot of manual configuration to be able to use the full potential of the application. You need many third-party plugins to get the most out of it. There is no "initial configuration" Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Daniel S.
DS
QA Engineer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Perfect for any developer"
What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

One of the best IDE's I have ever used. Much more easier to use compared to Eclipse, lots and lots of plug ins that are always being added. I really dig the dark theme as well, and the yaml editor is not bad. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

Sometimes it can be hard to find what you are looking for, the UX could use some improvements. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sanket S.
SS
Senior Software Engineer
Information Technology and Services
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Good code editor for web development"
What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

It is lightning fast source code editor. It has built-in support for Node.js development with JavaScript and TypeScript. So basically it is good for web development. The best part is you can install any number of third-party extensions which helps you in faster development. Command Palette is the one of the powerful utilities of VS Code. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

There are some extensions which are buggy. But this is more of a issues of extensions that VS Code. Apart from that there is not much anything which I can think of to dislike about VS Code. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jainil D.
JD
Software Intern
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"An editor for all type of Development."
What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

Its very lightweight and power packed editor. Visual studio code offers a great range of extensions for whatever development you are doing, through the extension manager you can install numerous useful extensions. VS Code is very fast, it hardly takes any time to load on windows compared to other editors. Themes are also available. Its git integration is very useful and is something i use the most. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

Performance is quite lagging at time, since Visual studio code offers great amount of customization, its quite difficult for newbies to understand them all. I also feel its quite expensive compared to other editors. Database integrated projects are quite difficult to develop on VS code.It uses quite a lot of RAM. 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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