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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Vikas G.

Senior Project Manager

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

2/29/2024

"A few things to know about Visual Studio Code"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

1. I have been using VS code from over a decade now and I truly love its feature set and never faced any complication whatsoever to develop different web and mobile app projects.

2. It offers different extensions and plugin to ease the overall workflow which saves time significantly and a very good example of it can be to import any Github repository directly into VS code along with other CI/CD pipelines that can be created through VS code, and its version control aspect. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

1. I sometimes doesn't work on my windows machine and that's the reason I had to purchase a MacOS where it run seamlessly I don't know why is that.

2. VS code can be resource intensive while running big project. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

shreyas b.

Engineer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/22/2025

"Amazing"

5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

Good user interface, and simulation link Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

Launch time in Mac is more

Difficulty to link with github Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Morat G.

Web Developer

Computer Software

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

4/16/2024

"Visual studio code - Smart source code editor"

3.5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

- I can work with git without having to do many configurations.

- It allows me to debug my code and find errors easier, thanks to its intuitive and easy-to-use interface.

- The syntax highlighting is unique and very convenient, as are its keyboard shortcuts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

Every time it is updated it loses performance little by little, and it is also not good at automatically detecting the programming language. Another thing I don't like is that it doesn't allow me to open multiple folders in the same window. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sukhbirsingh K.

Associate Software Engineer

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

7/16/2024

"VS Code, the best code editor out there."

5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

Here are my personal favorites about Visual Studio Code:

Ease to install Plugins,

Dark mode and other themes,

Suggestion and support to most languages,

File Comparision,

FInding the pattern or word in huge code base,

Ease to integrate github and push, pull code. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

I absolutely love it and the way its improving its features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Apparel & Fashion

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5/10/2024

"Powerful text editor with support for many languages, customizable editor and useful extensions."

5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

There are many things which I like about Visual Studio Code.

1. The first one is being able to code in many languages all in one single text editor. I can have support for multiple languages along with the intellisense and other extensions support for the same.

2. The integrated terminal makes it easier to work on the code as well as run bash commands all within a single window. This largely improves the productivity as well.

3. Being able to customize the editor's looks to my suiting is also a very valuable feature.

4. Extensions for everything: I can download extensions for intellisense, for CI/CD, for code enhancements and tooltips, for theming, etc.

5. Integrations: I can integrate CI/CD pipelines, task management tools, cloud services along within a single text editor. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

The fact that visual studio code is memory heavy is the only downside I found in Visual Studio code. On systems with low memory and hardware specifications, it is usually very difficult to make use of the Visual Studio Code to the full potential. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

1. Visual studio code helps to run code for multiple languages. This comes very handy in cases where I work on frontend as well as backend development and don't want to have separate softwares to run code in different languages.

2. Support for extensions for different languages: Intellisense, Linting, etc. support for multiple languages makes it easier to debug the code in multiple languages as well as also further speeds up the code writing process with the help of intellisense.

3. Integrations: I can integrate the tools such as Github, Jira, Bitbucket which basically allows me to work on the development as well as continuously deploy and integrate all within the same editor. It's support for git also allows me to quickly review my code and work on the changes/deployment as needed.

4. Integrated Terminal: Opening a project directory and working on the project while simultaneously working on the bash commands without the need to opening a new terminal helps with avoiding the problem of having multiple windows open and thus Visual Studio Code provides me an all in one coding tool where I can manage multiple aspects of a tech project all within the same coding tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Hospital & Health Care

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

11/5/2024

"Fantastic "IDE""

5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

It's an editor that is compatible with a lot of programming lenguages, very simple use and a lot of extension to improve the experience Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

No downsides found at the moment. Maybe the undo/redo functionality could be enable after closing and opening the editor Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Piyush D.

Senior Software Engineer

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

10/25/2024

"Review for the Visual studio code."

5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

best part it has the best extension then the other software. it has the best features easy integration is uite easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

if the user is not aare of the code then bit trick to use as a user . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ritesh K.

Sr. Unity3d Game Developer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/6/2025

"Light weight, easy to use code editor"

5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

Ease of use, low memory usage, third party extention integrations Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

When first launced, need to wait for script compilation to be finished. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Rahul S.

Full Stack Developer

Computer Software

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

3/28/2024

"Best code editor in terms of speed and cross platform compatibility."

4.5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

Visual Studio Code is compatible with allmost all of our programming languages. It has vast libraries of plugins for making our coding process easier. It is highly customizable with different themes, features, and shortcuts. It is available in allmost all desktop OS and devices. It has very simple and advance code editing interface. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

It is a bit resource extensive code editor as it eats up alot of RAM. 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 compatible with allmost all of our coding languages, which helped us develop all of our software's components like frontend, backend, and API from just one code editor. It supports and has very large varities of plugins for all our programming needs. It is also a cross platform code editor, which helped us code our softwares from allmost anywhere. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Lakshmi I.

Developer

Information Technology and Services

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5/11/2024

"A perfect code editor"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

I am using Visual Studio Code from last few years, it is perfect code editor from beginner to advance developer.

We can develop any application using VS Code also it is providing many extensions for different languages that can help to write a perfect code.

Also, it is providing different theme options so we can set up our work environment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

As of now, nothing to dislike in Visual Studio Code, but sometimes it is working slowly may be because of large code of program. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.