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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Asif Uddin Ahmed H.

Software Engineer

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

4/12/2023

"Using as a .Net Engineer"

4/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

To manage code with the pipeline and using services with db. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

It is very heavy. Need many storage and resources. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer & Network Security

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

8/5/2023

"Experience with Azure"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

As a user Azure Logic Apps,Azure App Service,Azure Functions, Azure DevOps Services, Integrated Development Environment (IDE) Integration. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

As a user in my opinion Integration Challenges, Documentation Updates, Pricing Complexity, Complexity and Learning Curve. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Matheus G.

Web Tech Support Specialist

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

11/8/2022

"Best code editor for development"

5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

Visual Studio Code is the best code editor. The application is light, with several extensions, built-in functions, git, and terminal, while preserving performance and many other features to make development easier and faster. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

Sometimes extensions are not trusted or do not work as expected, and there seems to be little control over the development of these extensions, but this is not an issue that affects the performance or the app itself. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Anirudh J.

Software Engineer 2

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

4/10/2023

"Experience of Microsoft Azure Developer Tools"

4/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

Git repo functionality for the source code. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

takes huge memory and has different programming language Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

K V.

Software engineer II

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

11/23/2022

"Visual studio code benefits"

5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

There are so many extensions which u can add in visual studio code. Formatting the code or finding errors in the code is very easy. Gives so many auto fill suggestions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

There will be too many extensions. It will be difficult to find the right one which is needed for out situation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Akshay A.

Software Engineer

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

8/8/2022

"VISUAL STUDIO CODE IS ONE OF THE BEST IDE USED IN INDUSTRY"

5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

Visual studio code is compatible with all languages. Visual studio code is lightweight software, so it does not occupy high space in memory. There are various extensions to use in vs code. Visual studio code architecture is very user-friendly. I have done many projects regarding React.js, node js, Java, python and many other languages and frameworks. There is no need to install other software. Visual studio code is all in one software. It is used in my company too. There are no such challenges in using visual studio code. It has various themes and text highlight Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

There are no such factors to dislike the visual studio code. It is used in my company itself. Visual studio code is highly used software in industry. This is the best IDE by Microsoft. 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 solving all in one problem, you can create any programming project on vs code. Visual studio code has an extension that made your work easier to do. Visual studio code has extremely many features, there is no need to install other software if you have visual studio code installed. It is benefiting me in my industry. I have been writing hundreds of code in visual studio code from the beginning of my engineering to my working in the IT industry. Visual studio code has frameworks, extensions, and compilers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Óscar M.

CEO

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

11/30/2022

"My favorite code editor"

4/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

I like it because it has the power you need thanks to the installation of plugins, and on the other hand, it is as simple as you need. You choose whether you want to use it like a Pro or just use it normally. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

If I need to jot something down quickly, I use Sublime Text instead of Visual Studio Code because of Sublime's loading speed. It's not that Visual Studio Code is slow, but if I just want to take a note, I prefer a program that opens faster. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Vijay V.

Student

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

8/5/2022

"A prefect IDE for frontend developer"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

- Theme of vs code is just awesome even other IDE also use vs code theme.

- Auto-completion of vs code helps in time-saving.

- Suggestions while coding helps to understand code properly.

- Error catching is also a very good part of vs code.

- It supports a variety of coding languages.

- It helps a programmer with lots of predictions while coding. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

- Sometimes we need to install our customize plugin and we may get a little lost.

- When going to extensions it will be overwhelming because there are lots of extensions and if we don't know a particular one then it may cause some problems.

- Vs code terminal has some issues it does not work properly sometimes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

4/25/2023

"Pretty good"

4/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

Very light, clean IDE that runs extremely well on mid-tier hardware. Has tons of support for extensions to customize your experience and supports a wide array of languages/frameworks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

It can be difficult to find stuff on their UI. There are many different ways to search for things but not all of them allow you to search exactly what I want to find (like settings). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.