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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Daniel S.

Software Engineer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

9/28/2018

"Visual Studio Code - Powerful text editor"

5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

What I like about Visual Studio Code is its compatibility, you can adapt it to the needs of any programming language and its extensions make it even more complete, its versatility and speed make it easier for any developer. It can also be considered as a powerful IDE which analyzes each code sentence in real time and is very light to install. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

Sometimes it requires a lot of RAM, but only when many add-ons or extensions have been installed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Visual Studio Code:

I recommend this Software to all developers, it is quite stable and its accessories are adapted to the needs of each language, I invite you to use it, it is an excellent choice. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

In my computer I always have this software installed, either at work or at home, its multiple functionalities have made it a very efficient work tool, from opening any text file to opening or creating development projects, it is without a doubt one of my favorite text editors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Shubhra M.

Lead Software Developer

Renewables & Environment

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

7/13/2018

"Amazing product from Microsoft to improve developer productivity "

4/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

Some of the best features are:

1. It has extensions that can bring the functionality close to a fully featured IDE like Visual Studio.

2. Its very light weight.

3. The integrated terminals can be used to manage various tasks in parallel without cluttering the desktop.

4. Github integration comes out of the box and does not require any any setup .

5. Node debugging features are that come out of box are very handy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

1. I used some Azure extensions but their help documentation was not in sync with the functionality. I wish they had been kept in sync. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Visual Studio Code:

Definitely try out VS Code. Its super quick if you want to experiment with an idea without the hassle of going through creating a full solution in any heavy weight IDE like Visual Studio. Even if you are a user of Atom, you will feel fully at home. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

The aim of the project is to create a MEAN application for resource management. Visual Studio code helped us get started very effectively because of its support for JavaScript development. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Rodrigo Bruno M.

Engenheiro de software

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

12/6/2018

"Visual Studio Code is THE text editor for extensions!"

5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

VSCode has an excellent extensions ecosystem.

The management of the plugins are built-in, and there are tons of then available, almost everything I search is already there, it's amazing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

The support for old languages is yet something new to it, as VS Code is relatively new compared to other famous text editors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Visual Studio Code:

If you don't know Visual Studio Code yet, I highly recommend you to give it a try, using the most of it Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

The extensions system is so great and help me everyday, I was able to resolve many development issues with it, from auto-complete to complex debugging tools for new technologies, VS Code impresses me more with every update and community growth rate. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

3/14/2019

"Best Tool to work with"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

1.Excellent Interface

2.Easy to work and code

3.Debugging Feature is the best part ,i like

4.Shortcuts and shift+Tab makes to focus more on code. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

1.It freezes sometime.

2.It is already made compact but takes the usage of more ram

3.Drains battery for a very little usage. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nathan A.

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

7/26/2018

"Intellisense on any OS and nearly any language"

4/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

Intellisense suggestions/autocomplete and debugging for PHP and JavaScript is super nice. I use Linux so I wasn't in a hurry to give this a try, but it's a good IDE. The extensive selection of plugins from the community is cool, too, especially for a closed-source product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

I wish it worked with Mono and let me develop C# code on Linux with a built in execution window. It would also be nice if there was an "execute" button that would run my PHP or JS and show me the output in the editor window, Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Visual Studio Code:

Consider open source options as well! Especially for open source projects or when using open source tools Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Building internal tools for my company. Git integration is nice, and being able to use a single editor for multiple platforms (Linux and Windows) as well as multiple languages is very convenient. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Cameron D.

Controls Engineer CO-OP

Computer Software

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

2/27/2019

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"Great for HTML5 development"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

This editor is easy to use with tons of plugins for javascript typescript and css. The Auto Suggest makes dev time very fast and streamlined. It also comes out of the box with version control and git. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

Currently there is no global find and replace that I can find Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

6/1/2019

"Great lightweight editor "

5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

Fast, easy to use, powerful feature, great plugins and supportive dev community Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

Nothing this is the best editor I have ever used. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Hospital & Health Care

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

6/12/2019

"VS code review"

4/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

VS code is certainly easy to use and lots of extensions Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

Takes up a lot of memory and that slows down my other programs as I use it in conjunction with Chrome Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Legal Services

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

3/6/2019

"Visual Code is A Amazing Lightweight IDE"

5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

It's super lightweight with having the ability to add extentions to it in order to make your experience unique and get exactly what you're looking for out of it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

There's not much I dislike about it. Some nitpicky things would be that ctrl+d doesn't duplicate a line or that when you have a bunch of pages open you have to scroll at the top instead of having a drop down list of the pages that you can select from. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jose Alberto M.

Junior Java Developer

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

9/14/2018

"Bueno pero lento"

3/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

What I like the most are the options you have to customize it; the repository you can access from the application to add extensions is huge. You can practically turn it into an IDE. There are all kinds and for all aspects, performance, aesthetics, for specific languages. It also allows for very fine-tuned configuration, as there are many parameters to configure. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

The performance, it seems worse to me than many others (Notepad++, Atom, SublimeText). You can have 2 or 3 simple files open, and after a while, it starts to slow down and becomes really annoying. Version by version, it seems to be improving. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Visual Studio Code:

Try other editors first, although they may not be as pretty, they all offer many possibilities to adapt to each person's needs and the type of project. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

I program in Java, C++, and with the Vue.js framework, and it adapts perfectly to all languages once you install a specific extension, as is the case for Vue.js. The benefits are the typical ones offered by these applications: faster development speed, better organization, and a pleasant interface. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.