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Time to Implement

2 months

Return on Investment

13 months

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Users consistently praise Visual Studio Code for its lightweight performance and extensive customization options, which allow for a tailored coding experience across various programming languages. The built-in Git integration and IntelliSense features enhance productivity, making it a preferred choice for many developers. However, some users note that performance can decline when too many extensions are installed.

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Hadi A.
HA
Senior Software Engineer
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"User-friendly source code editor"
What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

This tool has several features that I appreciate:

1. It allows me to choose a dark mode theme, as I work more than 9 hours daily, and it helps protect my eyesight.

2. I've seen this editor running the same way in all the Operating Systems (be it macOS or Windows OS).

3. I am a .Net developer by profession and enjoy coding using this editor. The Installation of plugins is way easier than I anticipated.

4. Debug feature is fantastic, and I use it almost daily to resolve the errors I encounter.

5. The best part is that it is free. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

Even though I like using it, there are a few features of this editor I don't like:

1. Unlike other products, Visual Studio Code doesn't come with a project or solution concept.

2. It's best to use this editor if we work on Lightweight text. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

ADITHYAN S.
AS
Software Developer
Banking
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Developers best efficient IDE for every language"
What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

First, this is the best IDE I have used in my entire life. It supports almost all languages that I have ever heard. I'm using about 12 extensions with visual studio code, which still functions smoothly. The best extension is Github Copilot, which saves us time deliberately. That's why developers like me are using VS Code for coding. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

Honestly, there is nothing exist to dislike. However, I have some suggestions regarding the command palette. It will be easier to access if the command palette is placed on the navigation bar so we can easily add or remove remote repositories. Adding more debugging options and descriptions could make the developing experience much better. Recently, one of my colleagues told me he's facing some freezing issues in the mac terminal. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Aman M.
AM
Data Engineer
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"It wan an awesome experience using MS Azure Develoer tools."
What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

The most helpful thing I can find like Build,debug and manage cloud applications by using any languages, and my favourite is visual studio.It is one of the easy to use tools/applications. It is fully free and having so much extensions that I love the most. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

Sometimes it consumes a lot of memory in the system and also starts working strangely or stops working/hang and does not respond. If you want choose one extension in visual studio then that is difficult. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Tamilarasu M.
TM
Senior Software Developer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Best IDE for developers"
What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

The env & extensions of the VS Code. It's best in class Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

It consumes the system RAM memory at most. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Mama P.
MP
Independent Data/Cloud Consultant
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Visual studio code Review"
What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

Very good Editor. easy to use and can integrate with version contrl tool like git. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

Couldn't think of anything not working well Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Shubham S.
SS
Advisory Software Engineer
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"One code editor for all needs"
What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

Best thing is the use of extensions. While Vscode come packed with amazing features, you can install extensions and take your productivity to another level without much extra efforts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

Only thing to dislike is the bad Java support. It's very difficult to manage Java applications from it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services
UI
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"One of the best coding IDE"
What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

As this is a free open-source IDE, this provides lot of features and support for many programming languages. Also this support for most of the libraries and this IDE helps to do coding from a one IDE. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

This is a really great IDE which gives more facilities than expected. So there is no any drawbacks on this. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Tushar T.
TT
Sr. Software Engineer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Best code editor I have ever used"
What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

The best thing about visual studio code is that it supports many languages by which we can work on many languages like PHP, python, react etc. We can quickly run any programming language code easily. We can also debug our code & functionality with VS Code debugging feature. We can also integrate any git repository & which allows us to commit, pull & push our code into the repositories. We can do multitasking code as well using the split view feature. In split view, once you enable it will split the screen into two parts in which we can open two or more different codes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

I have been using visual studio code for the last 1 year & I didn't get any issues using it. So I am happy with the visual studio code. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Krunal A.
KA
Web Developer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"One of the greatest coding partner"
What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

Visual studio code is one of the Greatest IDE, which means an integrated development environment that use to create software, web applications or etc. products using coding, it is basically easy to use, and with the help of Vs code Extension, we can do very easyly coding and execute that, and also it has a time-saving feature. I truly recommend this to starting your journey with code interest Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

I think at this time i did not found any bug or anything else that make me disappointed for visual studio code has very awesome feature please continue in this work Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

NF
Assistant System Engineer
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"VS code - One place for all types of source code editor"
What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

Support to edit all types of documents.

Helps to run any command on terminal.

It supports to add various types of plug in such as JSON editor/parser, Maven and so on.

Files can be compared easily by opening 2 pages side by side. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

Few people use Visual Studio code to capture meeting notes, it does not support to add image in it. Also there is no consideration of table like structure in case of creating documents.

Managing projects under single tab is difficult. It should allow projects to be opened in different windows. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Pricing Insights

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Time to Implement

2 months

Return on Investment

13 months

Average Discount

19%

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