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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Manan S.

Ground Station Lead

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

2/28/2024

"Great IDE with lots of development features"

5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

Visual Studio Code is a very advanced and developer friendly IDE.

Easy to integrate various libraires, use feature like git clone

Easy to implement functions, libraries, etc. I use VS code alot. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

Some libraries such as matplotlib are'nt functional in Vs Code. It's a very common issue... Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Kumaran M.

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

12/4/2023

"VS code: Best cross platform code editor"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

It's a best code editor and it have best syntax highlighting features for many languages.

The features i like in VS code is git colone and all language package support and various library available for various tasks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

Sometimes package installation long time in our Linux system (zorin os). Otherwise it works well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

I my company, there are many low specifications computers are there. It can't be used for develop new applications. So our company deside to change zorin os (Linux) in all the computers. The all zorin os computer are now using for testing purpose. Because Linux have more software package for testing. While testing, we need to modify some programs and scripts. At the time, visual studio code is more helpful for our team. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Gregory P.

Operations Manager

Medical Devices

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

9/12/2023

"My Go-To For Code and Collaboration"

5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

I love the collaboration features in VS Code. The interface is slick and fast. Easily customizable for any use. I love the versatility added via plugins. Automatic code hints are excellent for helping my work process. The AI tools have a lot of potential! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

I honestly can't think of anything! It can be a resource hog (built with ElectronJS so that's to be expected). It would be nice for them to build a native app instead of using Electron but I figure it was easier that way to render new color schemes and layouts for the code. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Redowan D.

Software Engineer

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

4/25/2024

"The second best editor for everything"

5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

- One editor to rule them all

- Modular; doesn't require you to install the universe to start with something

- Fairly snappy

- Free and OSS

- Large community

- Hackable Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

- Electron

- Slow startup time

- Abysmal performance when you have to open large files Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Kishan P.

Computer Software

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

11/2/2023

"One stop platform for all your coding needs"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

We can work on multiple workspaces simultaneously and can easily switch between them. Also, we can customize the platform according to our own needs.

Moreover, it supports almost all languages. So we don't need to look up to other editors for programming in other languages. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

Being an open-source software, it sometimes creates some unnecessary changes that the user doesn't require. Moreover, it is not made to handle images. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Amol G.

System Engineer

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

3/19/2024

"Visual studio code review"

5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

Best thing about visual studio is that we can use terminal to run code and also there are multiple extension we can add and it helps to write code and clean the code Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

If you are new to visual code then its little bit confusing.Once you got use to then it's very good product Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Prajakta A.

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

8/28/2023

"visual studio code editor is best for developers.in my organisation we use vs code."

5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

According to me, visual studio code is very simple to understand and in that many in built functionality available so for me it's help a lot to me and my organisation.the best part about editor that supports many languages. It is great for developers working with different environments and technologies. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

The thing I dislike about the vscode is we have limited customization access but actually it's not much matter to anybody and for me too. And its a best code editor Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Chris G.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

2/20/2024

"Fantastic Mac App for Python and PHP"

5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

Code completion, AI with Codium, syntax highlighting Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

The command bar isn't the most intuitive interface - you will end up doing some Googling to find how to set things up. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.