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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Value at a Glance

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Time to Implement

2 months

Return on Investment

13 months

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Suresh A.

technical Lead

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

11/3/2024

"Developers go to software for user friendly development"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

Visual studio gives us ability to open any type of project and it has lot of plugins availalble for all type Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

Global Search is a little bit slow in complex projects. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Hrithik S.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

3/19/2024

"Best Text Editor with Multiple Language Support and excellecnt autofill features."

4.5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

VS Code provides support for all programming languages with the autofill and suggestion features . It is extremly easy to use and can be integrated with GitHub directly to provide easier functionality ot maintain projects. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

There are no downsides of VS Code in general . It is extremly sufficient to use with all required features and functionality. Ont feature that my need to be added is the multiple profiles feature, as currently we can only login with a single account. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

VS Code is mostly used for coding and programming and it helps out a ton to give faster experience with its suggestions features and autofill code. It enables us to code efficiently with identfying errors easily and provide easy debugging. Traditionally learning all functions was quite difficult and VS Code solved this problem by providing all available functions in suggestions with descriptions to enable faster and efficient coding. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Kunal M.

Data analysts

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

8/15/2024

"My review for visual studio code"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

Firstly it's Free and open source for coders.

It has vast library extensions that I love very much.It gives auto suggestions.. and work on windows, Mac os ,Linux as well , best for beginners to code as interface is clean and simple... Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

There is nothing as such i don't like about vs code.. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer & Network Security

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

10/4/2024

"VS Code, an IDE that i could reliably switch from VIM( CLI)"

5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

Intuitive UI, a wide range of plugins, and customizability with plugins. it can connect to a remote machine with actual code and you access it on your machine. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

updates are very frequent. when you are working on code, you don't want to update vs code frequently Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Saurabh J.

Software Engineer

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

5/27/2024

"Best IDE I have used till date"

5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

The best part I like about Visual Studio Code is its Interface and the best part is Extensions, there are so many extensions that can integrate different services and themes. VS code gives so much customization you can make it as you want to see the code that wont put stress on eyes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

As of now its the best IDE for me so I didn't see any cons , but yeah they can make things more accessible on screen rather then making them hidden under dropdowns Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ayush S.

Software Developer Intern

Computer Software

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5/16/2024

"Great experience, really helpful extensions and interactive User Interface."

5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

The best part about using Visual Studio code as a text editor is the ease of writing code using different extensions provided. Other than that it provides a GUI method to commit and push repositories to version control systems like Github. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

The only thing which one can be concerned about is that it is not effective in low grade systems. It requires good or average specifications for efficient working. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Mohan R.

Full Stack Developer

Information Technology and Services

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

7/4/2024

"Visual Studio Code Review"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

Visual Studio Code is the best code editor, it comes with different customisation options. It supports all the various programming languages. Provide a user-friendly UI, so beginners can easily develop web applications. It provides different plugins for themes, font, autocorrection, auto-completion etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

Big projects take time to install dependencies and run the project. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Aashish D.

Web Developer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

12/10/2024

"Visual Studio REview"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

Very easy to use , friendly UI , Easy access to github Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

I havent found any downside of this app but sometimes it stop responding when i open multiple projects at the same time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Lakshita W.

Software Engineer

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

4/4/2024

"A developer's life is easy, Thanks to Visual Studio code"

5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

The Visual studio code very easy to use. I like all the extensions available. All the languages I use for development like Java, python, powershell are supported by VS code. I don't live a day without using Vs code. The customer support is best. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

I need more customization in themes and colors of Vs code Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

It is helping to build solutions required in my role. I'm currently working on python projects and I have also installed the Gen Ai tool extensions like Amazon Code Whisperer and Github copilot. This has increased my productivity. The VS code eneables me to concentrate on my work with all the support for other tools.

I am developing GenAI based solutions for my organization. And VS code is important part of my life while developing the solutions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Kashi B.

Marketing and Advertising

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

4/14/2024

"Best IDE for development"

5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

- VS code is user friendly IDE

- I can easily setup my project

- I can aslo customize my workspce with many theme and extensions which is best part that i like most

- It has internal terminal i can debug my code easily Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

Sometimes if i am working with high leval project vs code performance will be go down its challenging for me. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

- I can easily run, debug, test my code in one IDE

- It is provide many inbulid extensions which can be easily set up my project in just one click.

- I can setup my workspace as i needed

- Help to improve my productivity

- Also it is provide auto completion & syntax highlighter which best while developing large project Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.