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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Verified User in Computer Software

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

9/15/2019

"Best light weight editor"

4/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

Ability to code in multiple languages. Very user friendly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

We need to learn commands to work using dotnet core framework. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Manikanta T.

System Engineer

Information Technology and Services

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

4/5/2019

"Best for team explorer and coding part"

4/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

I have used this for writing codes for angular and also used this for team explorer which is the best part of this visual studio code. Can be used to code in typescript, c# . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

Slow. Good for c# not for other programming language. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Visual Studio Code:

If you want to code in c# use visual studio code. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

For me the main thing is team explorer which is very nice option to have. Then git hub support is also there which makes it easy to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Dhriti R.

Embedded Software Developer

Computer Software

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

7/1/2019

"Very useful for Angular 6/7 programming"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

It's has good user interface for different coding languages. Enjoyed working with the editor. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

I don't think I dislike anything about it yet Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Higher Education

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

8/13/2019

"Great code editor"

5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

VS Code is being actively developed, has great utilities for local and remote development. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

Electron can be a little heavy at times, The VS Code developers try to make it efficient, but there is only so much that can be done. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

11/16/2018

"Fast, robust and not bloated!"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

Its free and fast.

You would think its missing a lot of features, but it comes shipped out-of-the-box with enough features for most simple usage. When you need more, you can always find an extension that will solve your needs.

Have you ever used a screen sharing tool for assisting someone with a code issue? Well, try out Live Share, you get connected to a session, and can access all files on your own computer, as they where stored locally. Code will be built and executed on the clients side, so you dont have to have the compilers/environment on your machine. You can also share tcp ports (webservers, Docker instances etc), so you can see the results from your changes e.g. on a webserver running on the clients machine.

Supports a-lot of different programming languages/scripts, so you dont have to configure independent tools to use e.g. the same shortcuts, font/colors, snippets etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

Coming from other ideas with more powerful intelligent-search, I have seen some of it weakens. It does manage to get basic 'auto-complete' option, but not close as deep as other. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Visual Studio Code:

Do you want a simple editor that starts instant, just try it. Do you like shortcuts, well you have a ton of them. Split screen, preview, integration with Git, Docker etc, its all there. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Be able to use one tool for C, C++, Go, JavaScript, PHP and Java was a huge time saver. Instead of using heavy tools that eats memory, and make your computer slow, you can now have the same tool for all your languages. With the collaboration sharing, we can easily share our code with others, and get errors fixed a lot faster. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Mihir M.

CTO

Consumer Electronics

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

11/20/2018

"The best code editor tool available in market"

5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

I like many things about code. It has vast number of extensions that help support most of the code files like Java, Swift, Javascript, HTML, CSS and list goes on. Being able to write code of these many language supports it make very easy for any developer to use this. Also it is very light weight software to use and this makes it perfect. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

I cannot find anything to dislike about this product. For me as Mac User this editor has never failed me once. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Visual Studio Code:

Just go with this software and you're in good hands. For Windows Users sometimes it lags as I have heard but don't worry it is very rare. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

I am currently developing in Node.JS, HTML, CSS and Javascript for this Code is the best editor that helps me without any lags. I have also sometime edited Java files and this thing works like charm. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Monica S.

Senior Developer

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

2/4/2019

"The editor that adapts to all types of projects"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

I like to work with this editor because it has many important functions and that helps me to be more efficient when writing my code, I can configure it and add add-ons for the programming language I'm going to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

It can be heavy and slow if you add many add-ons, also their menus are different and I find it hard to find the options I need. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Visual Studio Code:

Highly recommended for programmers and people who want to start in the area of information technology. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

I use it because it is a very complete editor and has default integrations such as Git, which makes it much easier to connect to my repositories. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Juan Carlos G.

software developer

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

11/15/2018

"Fast and free IDE"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

It's fast and very powerful IDE. What I like the most is the number of extensions it has, basically, you have one for what you need. Also, I love the keyboard shortcuts, for example, I use a lot the ctrl+shift+p to launch commands like format JSON, preview CSV...

It supports theme colors, I can develop with a white background and It has some nice dark themes with good colors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

It's difficult to say something wrong about this product but If I have to say something I would say the intellisense is not as good as another similar product. Sometimes, for example, it won't even suggest a variable I had just defined one line above, so I have to copy/paste or just type the variable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/14/2019

"THIS IS best IDE"

5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

VS Code is free for private or commercial use. One of the most awesome things about VS Code is not actually a feature of the editor itself. VS Code was launched during //BUILD 2015 with an accompanying code handle – how cool is that

Huge Language Support: Not only is VS Code available cross-platform, but it also aims to be your one-stop code editor with support for 30+ programming languages out-of-the-box. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

it's quite difficult for a new developer to understand all the features. BackEnd integrated projects are little difficult to develop on VS code. It uses a huge amount of the RAM. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Emilio G.

Software Developer and Graphic Designer

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

2/10/2019

"Source code editor for multiple programming languages"

3.5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

It is an editor with many new features, among which is the integration with git, which allows me to be connected to my repositories, it also has a function of refactoring codes, it also has a very detailed console that shows all the errors and notifications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

I realized that adding many add-ons the performance of this editor is very bad since it starts to freeze and to work slowly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Visual Studio Code:

Excellent editor, one of the best I've used, will be very useful to develop applications in your work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

In the development department we use this editor for its simplicity, as well as being very light and multiplatform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.