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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Verified User in Program Development

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

7/30/2024

"Best IDE"

5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

Everything. It is verstile, user-friendly, customizable Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

Nothing. I can't find anything bad about it Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Gaurav S.

Playbook AI

Information Technology and Services

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

8/31/2023

"One of the best code editor available"

5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

It is one of the best code editor available which supports all kind of files and has great UI, themes and many functionallity. It also provide various other functionallity like many extensions which comes very handy for code and managing code base in git repository. It has a great debug feature available which helps a lot and save more time which debugging. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

Although it is one of a kind and best code editor available. Nothing is perfect in this world. There is one thing i struggle with Visual Studio Code is the loading time in different operating system differs. I work on a huge code base so some time it takes time to render a build. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Pardeep D.

CEO

Information Technology and Services

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

12/23/2023

"A must have tool for software developers"

5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

Lots of free extensions available maintained by community. I am amazed with the number of languages Visual Studio Code supports. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

I love everyhting in Visual Studio code. Nothing to dislike about it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Me and my team use visual studio code for programming and it help us in lots of ways like auto save, auto error detection, auto code formatting, gitlens extension show us who edited a particular line of code on what time. It supports multiple shells so we don't need to run shell in seperate window. Visual studio code is a full package. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ricky D.

IT Manager

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

8/30/2023

"The Best Editor for me right now after switching from Sublime and other code editors"

5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

I defer myself from using VS code for a long time even though its features far outweighs other editors since there are features I find easy to implement in sublime like the retaining of each file's spacing. But now it has resolved it for me and there are configurations suited to each programming language and there are lots of plugins that would extend its capabilities unlike other code editors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

So far as of now, I enjoy using it. However, I find it iritating everytime a new window is open asking to trust the authors of folders. I think they can improve by tracking the folders that have asked permissions already. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

It helps me manage my repositories with its built-in git repos management and own terminal. It helps me manage all my projects with it's plethora of plugins that makes my life easier. I've tried other code editors from atom, sublime, netbeans, eclipse, nothing beats VS Code. Appearance wise, memory wise, it's the best! despite many plugins, it doesn't bear heavy loads on the system. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Muhammad M.

Penetration Tester

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

11/23/2023

"An Developer's Swiss Army Knife"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

Visual Studio Code is one of the best text editors that are mainly created for developers, so it has many futures for development purposes. The best thing about it is that we can code and compile any programming language because it has a marketplace for plugins and extensions, so we can add any programming language support to it, and we also install some nice themes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

I don't have any dislikes for it, but I feel I can be more lightweight. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Darshan M.

Software Developer

Computer Software

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/26/2024

"I use Visual Studio Code daily for coding purposes."

5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

I use VS code daily for coding. I like the design of the software and also use many extensions for quick and accurate results. I think VS code is helping me a lot to write code and maintain a smooth workflow. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

I like this software but sometimes it hangs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Higher Education

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

3/1/2024

"Fast, Reliable, Great Extensions, but not so good debugger"

4/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

The wide range of extensions, syntax highlighting, and integration with programming ecosystem (GIT, AWS, SSH) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

The biggest con for me is the lack of good debugger features.It is hard to visualize what values are flowing through the code in comparison to competitor products like Pycharm Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Aditya D.

DC Analyst

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

8/26/2023

"Review for Visual Studio Code"

5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

Visual Studio Code is the best application to write the Code in languages like java, c++ etc. It has so many extension one can download and use it easily. It is easy to understand and use. We can manage the project easily and use it as per our requirement Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

No issues in visual studio Code as I am using it since last 3 years, it is easy to understand and we can manage our projects easily using visual studio Code. We can integrate it with GIT which helps us more to work in a team 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 a best editor for coding, we can write our code manage our projects very easy and efficient way, it is easy to use, and easy to edit. We can edit our existing code either by opening it from our local or import it from outside, we can work with team by itegrating it with GIT Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ashish K.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

4/26/2024

"How VS Code help me to become beginner to professional in coding."

4.5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

It supports most of the languages, plugins, extentions, etc. It is one of the most beginner friendly and user friendly as compare to other IDEs freely available. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

The feature which I least liked (not disliked) is themes available in it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

11/13/2023

"Visual Studio Code review from a full stack developer"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

1. Since I use VS code regularly for development I absolutely love its integration and support for various development frameworks.

2. Integrated terminal that enables me to use git bash, cmd etc without switching applications which makes using them easy.

3. Plethora of extensions and plugins which bring quality of life for developers.

4. Clean UI which is not very cluttered but still has revelant panes for source control, file explorer, debugger apart from the usual menu bar. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

1. I have sometimes felt issues while handling different verisons of react or npm required for different projects.

2. Takes a significant amount of RAM and disk space even when idle. Definitely not a light weight editor. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.