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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Languages Supported

English

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sam jain (Student at JECRC University)

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 Information Technology and Services

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

9/15/2018

"Great Editor"

5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

A quick easy to use editor that gets out of the way. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

Third party open source package support is there but it's not as big as other editors Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Telecommunications

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

4/17/2018

"User friendly, great coding environment, easy to use for everyone"

5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

Visual code is really user friendly, very aesthetic, auto-detects language, minimal start-up/installation time, has plug-ins for everything. It doesnt take up to much energy when I use it, but it still works perfectly. Ive used sublime and atom and both pale in comparison to this. Doesnt freeze up very often and shows a decent file layout. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

Its kind of difficult to open new windows simultaneously. so the new window tab could use some changing Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jeremiah L.

Staff Software Engineer, Web API Technical Product Manager

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

2/1/2018

"Proof of the new Microsoft"

5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

IntelliSense is the best syntax highlighting and autocomplete I've ever experienced. The debugging tools for JavaScript—both for browser and in Node.js—are excellent. It's open source and gets great updates nearly every month. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

It needs selected line sorting like Sublime has. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Savannah S.

Senior Customer Success Manager

Internet

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

4/24/2018

"For reading markdown..."

2.5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

Sometimes coders send me markdown files. I open them with VS Code. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

No big complaints about VS Code here... Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Julia L.

Senior Front-End Developer

Marketing and Advertising

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

4/24/2018

"Coding My Life in VS Code"

5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

This is the product I spend most of my day using. VS Code is a great dev environment option. I love that it has a huge number and variety of plugins. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

VS Code is generally solid, but I can't wait to see what the team builds next! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Guillermo G.

Fundador

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

10/25/2017

"Code editor on steroids"

5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

Just another code editor? I don't think so. With features inherited from its big brother Visual Studio such as Intellisense and debugging options, it doesn't disappoints, and even poses a challenge to the likes of Sublime. It loads fast and has a variety of extensions to choose from, so you can personalize it to suit your specific needs and workflow. The integrated console is very good. The git integration is also a nice addition. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

Seems optimized for the more popular languages, and the likes of python and other less used ones seem to lack in the features department like code introspection. Anyway, this can be taken care of with extensions. Also a little bit slow for a text editor. Configuration through json files is not the most user friendly option. Git features could be more comprehensive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Visual Studio Code:

If you come from other editors, just give it a try and see if you like it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Code editor for software development: web, python. I have benefited from code editing and development features that ease/speed up the work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Entertainment

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

10/24/2017

"A Stable IDE to develop code in"

5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

Visual Studio Code is a very stable IDE which is really good in terms of the functionality that is offered just out of the box. In addition to that, there are plenty of add-ons/packages that are available which enhances the usability of the product. It is a well thought out tool which is free, and would highly recommend this IDE. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

Nothing in particular. I'm overall happy about using Visual Studio Code and would recommend the product to anyone interested in using the product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Visual Studio Code:

It is a very good tool and on par with the paid softwares such as Sublime Text. Would highly recommend it for developing application based on Javascript, Python and Php , and any popular language. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

I am Mac user and was familiar with sublime text since that was the tool our team was using to develop XQuery based applications. I wanted to develop a php desktop application in Windows since the phpdesktop application was not available for Mac. I tried using Visual Studio Code for this and it provided ample support for PHP, and was really useful for developing my custom php application which was expected to run as a stand alone desktop application instead of running it on a web server in cloud. I am also evaluating it as a python editor in addition to my current usage of Sublime Text. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

7/30/2018

"The best multilanguaje tool"

5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

Multilanguaje support, a lot of userful plugins, can debug any languaje you need. Terminal implementation is a plus that other similars dont have. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

None, is a very nice tool. Light strong and versatile. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.