Visual Studio Code Reviews & Product Details

"I love how Visual Studio Code combines speed, flexibility, and an easy-to-use interface. The huge library of extensions lets me customize it for any programming language or framework, and features like IntelliSense, integrated terminal, and Git support save me a lot of time. It’s lightweight yet powerful enough for both small scripts and large projects." Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

VS Code may get a bit slow, or even use more memory, sometimes with excessive extensions installed. Most of the advanced features are also often more complicated to set up as well, thus, difficult to a novice. These, however, are inconsequential as compared to the net benefits." Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

From the initial installation, everything feels clean, intuitive, and responsive — even for beginners. It doesn’t overwhelm with complexity, yet provides robust tools that scale with your experience. The setup process is quick and hassle-free, allowing you to configure your environment with your preferred languages, extensions, and tools in just a few steps.

The range of features is another major strength, especially for a free editor. It includes everything from Git integration and intelligent autocompletion to fully customizable themes and a vast extension marketplace covering nearly every language and framework. Despite being packed with functionality, it remains lightweight and fast — I use it every day because it handles everything from frontend coding to backend scripting with ease.

Its integration capabilities are seamless, whether I’m syncing with GitHub, working inside Docker containers, or developing remotely. On top of that, the community support and extensive documentation make it easy to troubleshoot problems or discover new features when needed.

In short, Visual Studio Code offers an ideal balance of simplicity and power. It’s a tool that adapts to your workflow naturally and becomes an essential part of your development process. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

One of the main issues is its performance with large projects or files. As lightweight as it claims to be, VS Code can sometimes become sluggish when dealing with large codebases, long files, or when too many extensions are installed. This slowdown can be frustrating, particularly when you're in a time-sensitive workflow or working on a resource-limited machine.

Another area of concern is that you often need to rely on extensions for functionality that you’d expect to be built-in — like better debugging tools for certain languages, advanced Git workflows, or comprehensive testing frameworks. While the extension ecosystem is a strength, it also means you're frequently managing, updating, and troubleshooting third-party add-ons. This can sometimes introduce bugs or compatibility issues, especially after major updates. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

When I started my coding journey 4yrs ago, I came across this simple yet powerful IDE. It has several extensions which makes it easier to work with multiple languages. I do not need to use different apps for different languages. It's inbuilt integration with GitHub makes it easy to commit, push, pull, and resolve merge conflicts from the app itself. It receives constant updates which makes it more feature rich and stable day by day. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Talking about the cons: As we need too many extensions, the software becomes very slow on startup and consumes a lot of memory. Another thing is that, it is not a full IDE out of the box and require a lot of customizations and extension installations to get the most out of it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I love the versatility of Visual Studio Code. They have so many extensions that are extremely easy to add, and the User Interface is super intuitive. It is very easy to get started building new projects and running code of any kind, and I love how many of the extensions are integrations with other applications that run so smoothly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The biggest issue I've had with Visual Studio Code is if I leave the program running too long, especially with many extensions, it has slowed down my computer a lot, to the point where the program may just freeze and I need to close it out to be able to use it again. Thankfully that usually resolves the problem, and when it doesn't restarting my computer fixes it. So it isn't a deal breaker. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Visual Studio Code is very quick, easy to use, and very customizable. I adore how many extensions are available to easily customize the environment to any language or framework, from SQL and Salesforce Apex to Python and JavaScript. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Despite VS Code's strength, certain extensions may cause compatibility problems or slow down performance after updates. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I really appreciate the user interface and how easy it is to use VS Code. I have been using it for the past four years, and it remains one of the best IDEs available. It provides a wide range of features and has many extensions to choose from. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There isn't anything negative I can point out; in my opinion, this is the best tool available for Salesforce development and testing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The best thing about vs code i liked is hundreds of usable extensions and customisable keyboard shortcuts for different features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Overall it is a great product for me, one thing that i may dislike about it is, when i install more than 10-12 extensions, it becomes sometimes laggy and always ask to restart extensions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like that Visual Studio Code is lightweight yet powerful. It loads quickly, supports many programming languages, and has a huge library of extensions to customize the editor . The interface is clean , and features like integrated Git, debugging tools, and terminal make it easy to manage everything in one place. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes extensions can slow down performance, and few updates have temporarily broken settings or features I rely on. Other than that, it's hard to major faults. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Vscode is light weight runs on my laptop smoothly, it has very huge list of extension, theme that I love so much. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The only one thing I dislike about vscode, is it is not a full IDE, means there is not built in support for language , we need to install extension. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The vscode consistently across macOS, Windows, and Linux are very good. The search and refactor feature in vscode helps developers.It also provides built in git support that shows the changes made. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

When many extension gets installed, it takes longer time to load, the flexibility reduces.The memory usage is more. for core coding it requires many extension to be installed which makes it overloaded. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.