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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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Taylor M.
TM
Web Designer / Developer
Computer Software
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Slick, stable, and innovative take on web development coding"
What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

VS Code has some very clever features, including a built in console that can be run in tabs and in your choice of shell, but the real benefit of switching is how slick and stable everything runs together. VS Code builds on features that other editors have rolled out over the years (including git integration, multiple window panes, and an extensive extension library), but somehow manages to bring all these together without sacrificing speed or stability. Things are just done well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

With all the great features it can be easy to crowd up your workspace, but VS Code leaves that up to you to decide. In earlier versions it was difficult to work on (or even view for reference) multiple projects at once, but this has been improved with the capability to have multiple folders open in a workspace. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Achilleas K.
AK
Web Developer
Retail
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Best code editor"
What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

It is the standard editor i am using in the last months in my vue-drupal projects. I have used many of the extensions that it provides for easier development. Also, i can open 2-3 projects in different windows without any cpu or memory problem. Loading time of the software is very quick. I am using Vetur, Vue 2 snippets for vue framework development. I have install it in my ubuntu 16.04 installation and it get updated often. It has git integration so it is very easy to see the lines that changed added or removed. Also, you can see which files are updated U compared with the last commit. Another great feature for software developers is the intelligent code completion. I am writing javascript and auto completing in programming helps for not doing errors. Snippers improve the speed of programming and reduce syntax errors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

I have not noticed any problem until now. the program works exactly as i expect. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software
UC
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Visual Studio Code Review"
What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

I love how Visual Studio Code is so customizable. it takes a normal text editor and boosts it exponentially by adding several unique and necessary features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

No complaints coming from me. Visual Studio is great! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Facilities Services
UF
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Great, Robust Tool for development"
What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

The format check of visual studio code is unmatched. It immediately lets you know if there is something wrong with your syntax. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

It took me way too long to understand how to open a project in VSC. this could partly be due to the fact that this is the first development tool like this that I have used. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

AK
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Web Design"
What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

I liked the ease of coding and used it in the creation of my own website. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

I disliked the lack of features found in Visual Studio. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Brian C.
BC
Software Developer / President
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Excellent code editor with a variety of plugins"
What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

Visual Studio Code coupled with LaTeX Workshop and Code Spell Checker extensions has proven to be the ideal LaTeX environment in Windows. Code completion, syntax highlighting, and robust settings give you everything you need. It provides folder-level project management at no cost. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

There have been a few bugs from time to time (interesting one at the moment has your text entry come in two places after a tab completion), but they get squished quickly. Aside from that, there is little not to like. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software
UC
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
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"Web developer"
What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

I like below features of vs code editor.

1) intelligence and shortcut are great.

2) Color code to separate element,class,attribute are good.

3)Recent files list and collapse all save a lot of time to find and navigate files. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

I don't like below points.

1) if user save changes then it compile all changes.

2) performance is not good for big solutions

3) Sample directory is not available. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Omid T.
OT
Student
Education Management
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"More than free IDE"
What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

It is lightweight and open source and there are many extensions Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

Some exertions have not sufficient document and guide.

it update frequently and some extensions maybe not work properly with new update Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software
UC
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"I like vs code"
What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

Its light weight. Easy to use does not consume lot memory. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

git integration sucks as compare to webstorm . Depends on Command line Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software
IC
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Visual Studio code !! Best lightweight IDE"
What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

Support for many languages that are new in the business like solidity. Also in built support for Javascript and other languages is there. Automatic code generation is also great. Since it is available for free, this product is totally worth it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

You have to download plugins everytime you want to code for a different language if it is not the native language. Also support for C/C++ is not there, you will need visual studio for that. 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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