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 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.

Saksham G.

Information Technology Specialist

Information Technology and Services

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

8/28/2018

"Best Editor For Web Application Development"

5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

Visual Studio Code is a free editor with a lot of cool features. Back End development is so easy on this editor. Plugins and extensions can directly be installed on it for Back end development. It has a good user interface and it is easy to use. It has built in Git and the code is very readable in it. It is highly customizable, and it is updated with new features on a regular basis and it also has nice debugging features which makes it the best editor. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

It uses a lot of resources of my computer. It should be optimized to work on low-end PC''s smoothly. It is mainly used for Back-End Development and it must be also be optimised for Front-End Development as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Visual Studio Code:

I recommend everyone to use visual studio code for development and coding purposes. It provides a lot of features and it will continue to develop in future, making it the best software for web 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 free and and the user interface is also very good. It is the best software for web development in the market. We have made e-commerce websites using visual code and we are currently working on more projects using HTML, CSS, Javascript languages in Visual Studio Code Editor. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Design

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

9/1/2019

"Amazing software "

5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

Looks amazing, fast, easy to use and lots of extensions available Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

Nothing at all this is the best coding software at the moment Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

6/25/2019

"Great for code editing "

4/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

Great add-ons for specific languages. Intellisense and enhanced browsing are especially useful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

It's not as good for searching for a text or regular expression string as its competitors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/26/2019

"Visual Studio Code - It keeps getting better. "

5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

The ever growing set of plugins really makes using VSCode a blast,

The interface offers great customization (although not fully) but given the purpose of the software and the ability to change color schemes, add plugins for Syntax, and more it is still on-par with most other IDEs'. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

Sometimes, it feels like the sidebar is too large and clunky - maybe using smaller icons for explorer,search,debug,and extensions would make the sidebar feel less "in-the-way". Don't get me wrong these are all very important parts of the UI (and maybe that's just my opinion) but I'd prefer those icons to be smaller. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Visual Studio Code:

If you're looking for the next step down from a full-fledged VisualStudio IDE than VSCode is right for you! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

I use VSCode amongst other IDE's to produce websites. I have realized that the benefits of VSCode are that it's now cross-platform and its a great extension to the full fledged VisualStudio - It is not my primary editor however as it not available on ChromeOS where most of my (on-the-go) editing happens. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Financial Services

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

9/4/2019

"Awesome Lightweight IDE with many available extensions "

5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

Very lightweight and bare minimum editor/IDE which also has many available extensions for almost anything you may need. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

Since it is lightweight you will have to spend some time configuring/setting up the first time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5/29/2019

"Amazing Text Editor"

5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

It is one of the best editors out there. Amazing ease of use, large plugins library, and good key shortcuts Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

Not much. This editor is quite great for what it is supposed to do. My only quirk is the Microsoft telemetry. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Visual Studio Code:

If you use Sublime or Atom, visual studio includes all the best parts and tries to cut the fat where it can. It's open source and free, with constant updates that add great features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Thanks to some of the plugins, such as intellisense, my productivity has risen. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.