Visual Studio Code

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Source code editing for MacOS, Windows and Linux

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Aaditya
Aaditya
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  • Industry: Computer Software
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

The Best Code Editor VS CODE

Reviewed on 2/4/2024

I love VS code although I was overwhelmed at first but as of now its the go to code editor for me...

I love VS code although I was overwhelmed at first but as of now its the go to code editor for me as it facilitates all my needs with its easy to use system, wide community and numerous extensions and very nice customer support.

Pros

I loved how it can be integrated with my previous work files as well as the community for it huge which helps when a certain issue arises. In addition to that the wide range of extensions present are also a huge bonus.

Cons

Some cons about VS Code is that it is confusing sometimes as there a lot of features present and it might get overwhelming to a beginner.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Marketing & Advertising
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Visual Studio Code- Your coding partner

Reviewed on 5/8/2024

My overall experience with visual studio code has been pretty amazing. I started with sublime text...

My overall experience with visual studio code has been pretty amazing. I started with sublime text at first but then having seen the workspace folder integrations built-in terminal and extensive extension support I eventually switched to studio code which took a little learning at first but then changed the way i have been developing websites lately.

Pros

The ability to make use of several extensions really helps me save time while writing code,the auto complete feature enables me to write code for web layouts quite effectively and provides me with a base template to further work on the internal structure and functions. The processing is fast and terminal works effortlessly.
Auto-complete
Extensions for various Languages and libraries
Built-in terminal
Easy workspace folder management system.

Cons

The auto complete sometimes messes up my coding speed by completing code chunks that it expects me to be writing while i might be writing a similar code structure. Having to disable it again and again or having to pay attention to it while working can sometimes become a hassle.

Tommy
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  • Industry: Construction
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 1+ year
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Amazing and always improving.

Reviewed on 3/1/2025

One of the best text editor software in the world. This software is one of the leading industry...

One of the best text editor software in the world. This software is one of the leading industry that shows free software can be amazing and should not cost consumers.

Pros

It's a free software that has one of the most plug-ins. The plug-ins makes the software experience elevated.

Cons

Nothing yet. Have not used every features since there was no need to.

Nimesh
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  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Most advanced IDE for programmers

Reviewed on 8/4/2023

Pros

Can create plugins or install plugins for your project.

Cons

Need a good computer with high RAM storage.

Jon
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  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: 10,000+ Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Visual Studio Code is a beast

Reviewed on 16/10/2024

Visual studio has been a godsend to our teams. Highly recommend for everyone.

Visual studio has been a godsend to our teams. Highly recommend for everyone.

Pros

Visual studio code is the BEST development tool out there. The extensions are amazing. The customization options are great. Simple, intuitive user experience.

Cons

Not too many cons here. Has everything I would expect it to have.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Computer Software
  • Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Best IDE for Software Developers

Reviewed on 26/6/2024

Whether it is working on Jar climate on the highest point of Python as a component of web applicatio...

Whether it is working on Jar climate on the highest point of Python as a component of web application or making basic HTML pages, Visual Studio is my decision of IDE. Indeed, even Edx from where I continue to select for new instructional exercises and courses utilizes Visual Studio. So it is extremely helpful. Obviously Visual Studio by Microsoft is maybe the most exceptional IDE that is refreshed as often as possible. Visual Studio is ideal IDE to use new computer based intelligence capacities with modules like Tabnine.
So , the overall experience has been quite good .

Pros

It has an enormous client care accessible in its true site. It gives a large number of instruments for different programming dialects including C#, F#, PYTHON, C++ from there, the sky is the limit. To foster Cloud based applications, it can consistently incorporates with microsoft sky blue. It upholds extensive variety of undertaking advancement assignments from coding to troubleshooting and testing. I created many cross stage applications utilizing it. Its strong investigating apparatuses incorporates breakpoints, watch windows and step through troubleshooting empower recognizing and fixing issues without any problem. The range of extensions that this IDE supports is quite amazing!

Cons

One of the main cons is that VS Code takes up lot of resources , which leads to slowing the machine itself. Also, I did not find it suitable for android development . It needs a built in android studio support!

Lluc
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  • Industry: Entertainment
  • Company size: 5,001–10,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

VSCode and the turnover of the market

Reviewed on 21/3/2024

Pros

It's free, open-source, highly maintained, compatible with all platforms, highly configurable, easy to develop for and on. Huge online community and contributors and high integration with almost any available product out there.

Cons

Projects are scoped into project files, and it's quite difficult to manage in a single windows all the other projects that you might be working at the same time with different configurations. This also includes the ssh tunnels to server machines to visualize the folder and file structure and make real time modifications, which requires you most of the time to have a separate window instead of a tab in the same one.

Tei
Tei
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  • Industry: Music
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Weekly for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

A great product for coding experts

Reviewed on 11/3/2024

This is a great product for coding experts/programmers. It is also friendly to use if you're a...

This is a great product for coding experts/programmers. It is also friendly to use if you're a beginner. I can't say this is a masterpiece but it performs most of the essential jobs. Unfortunately, the performance bottleneck is the issue if you're having low-end computer. Otherwise, this is a fully free software that most people will love!

Pros

- It is fully free and available in many platforms!
- Highlight codes so you will notice the typos easily.
- Comfortable to read the coding.
- Quite snappy and high efficiency.
- Looks premium compared to others.

Cons

- High CPU/ram consumption.
- Lack of some debugging features.
- Not recommended for low-end computer (ex: 2-4GB ram)

Hamadou
Hamadou
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  • Industry: Program Development
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Visual Studio Code by SireHassan

Reviewed on 7/4/2024

Pros

I particularly appreciated its ease of use, customization options, and integration with services like Copilot, Tabby, and GitHub

Cons

I'm not a big fan of the interface, and I find that there are a lot of features. Some updates tend to disrupt my basic configuration, which can be bothersome, although still acceptable.

Alternatives Considered

Sublime Text

Switched From

PyCharm and Sublime Text

Reasons for Switching to Visual Studio Code

It's convenient for web development and machine learning
Abiola
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  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used Monthly for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Simplicity - exceptional

Reviewed on 9/12/2024

Awesome. i would recommend anytime. very satisfied

Awesome. i would recommend anytime. very satisfied

Pros

I was able to create a website easily. It was amazing

Cons

it can be quite hard to navigate as a starter

Ajay kumar
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  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

My one and one only Code Editor

Reviewed on 4/1/2024

I had using lot of code Editor for my development no one comfortable for me. But VS Code is really...

I had using lot of code Editor for my development no one comfortable for me. But VS Code is really amazing I am really thank to Microsoft. Microsoft's Best software is VS Code it's really Unbelievable software. I am Full Sack developer but I am using one and one software for all programming languages both backend and front end.

Pros

First thing I can't explain the what did I like because I like overall VS Code. Very light weight software, Attractive theme, All language Supported, Third party apps integration extensions, Code suggestions, Auto align options and more...

Cons

VS Code don't have the drawbacks it's really very well of all developers. But Only one thing missing is VS Code this Android Emulator.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Computer Software
  • Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Visual Studio Code desktop app review

Reviewed on 13/2/2024

Its a very good desktop app for code editor

I enjoy coding on it

Its a very good desktop app for code editor

I enjoy coding on it

Pros

Highlights the code in different colors

Search text through out the project

Cons

Some time it hangs on citrix machine when the internet speed is low

Alternatives Considered

Sublime Text

Reasons for Switching to Visual Studio Code

Because of many features of the VS code Where i can code Connect to GitHub
Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Computer Software
  • Company size: 5,001–10,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

The VS code verdict

Reviewed on 14/12/2023

I have good time with Vishual studio code. It fulfill all my needs as a programmer. It also helped...

I have good time with Vishual studio code. It fulfill all my needs as a programmer. It also helped me alot during my college time.

Pros

It supports almost all programming languages and it can be used as a simple text editor. Integration of plugins are easy.

Cons

Excess plugin for similar purpose. Hard to find the best one.

Joshua
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  • Industry: Program Development
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

VS code the standard for standard IDEs

Reviewed on 11/6/2024

VS code my first choice, and I only use other tools when I need to.

VS code my first choice, and I only use other tools when I need to.

Pros

It is very flexible, and available for any OS. Creating workspaces and configuration files allows for quick setup and onboarding. I work on multiple projects, requiring multiple setups, VS code helps keep these setups organized.

Cons

The general nature of the IDE makes it very versatile, but requires a lot of tinkering to get it set up.

Rakesh
Rakesh
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  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: 10,000+ Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

The Best Free Code Editor for Developers of All Levels

Reviewed on 14/9/2024

It is versatile and supports extensive customization options.
it supports various languages and...

It is versatile and supports extensive customization options.
it supports various languages and frameworks

Pros

VS Code has a vast marketplace of extension
Lightweight and Fast
Integrated Git
Cross-Platform Compatibility

Cons

UI feels boring sometimes because we just see codes and nothing else

Yash
Yash
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  • Industry: E-Learning
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

The Ultimate Coding Companion

Reviewed on 25/7/2024

Pros

User-friendly UI with themes that may be changed.
Easy access to functions and commands.
large array of add-ons to improve functionality.
Version control is made easy with Git.

Cons

Extensive Extensions: Certain extensions may cause a decrease in performance.
Extension Conflicts: Interactions between extensions can occasionally lead to instability.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Computer Software
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

King of IDEs

Reviewed on 26/3/2024

Visual Studio is the best IDE available because of its wide support for languages and the ability...

Visual Studio is the best IDE available because of its wide support for languages and the ability to fully customize it to your liking. The Work Spaces feature is extremely useful to us as we have multiple projects that we can be working on at one time. This makes it easy to switch between projects quickly and easily without ever leaving the IDE.

Pros

Free. Easy to setup and get started. Tons of extensions/themes to customize it. Work spaces. Native GIT integration.

Cons

Settings can be really hard to find because they are nested so deep and you have to use the command palette to access/toggle them. Microsoft owned product so there is telemetry that is sent back to them.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Marketing & Advertising
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

A very useful software, expecially for beginners

Reviewed on 3/4/2024

I recently started coding but Visual Studio Code was very easy to learn, there are many features...

I recently started coding but Visual Studio Code was very easy to learn, there are many features that I haven't explored in depth yet but which I had the opportunity to see through some video tutorials. By installing the Live Server plugin I also have the opportunity to immediately see the changes my code has on the web screen. Coding, thanks to this software, is not at all as complicated as you might think.

Pros

It's easy to learn how to use the software: you have the possibility to open an entire fold to work comfortably without thinking about having to add external objects into your code; you can work on different pages of the same architecture, thus having the possibility to intervene on multiple fronts easily (HTML, CSS, etc); you have the option to install additional tools to facilitate the coding experience.

Cons

It is difficult to identify the error in very long code, you can use the console on the browser to understand the origin but the software does not tell you what is missing or what is wrong. By changing some features you can make the error a little more evident with the use of colors (for example if closing punctuation is missing), but once the code is sent to run no error is reported.

Shanky
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  • Industry: Computer Software
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Maximum Software developer used visual studio code

Reviewed on 14/10/2023

Excellent

Excellent

Pros

Visual studio code most like search filter Extensions Bug detectedUsing git easy to downlod and use Code format pattern light and dark mode Go live server run project code styling are good using the cmd good source and direct open the project folder are easy to work and save your time uses the small amount of dataAnd preview the images

Cons

Light dark mode changes the alphabet text colors

Alfredo
Alfredo
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  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Your friend for programming

Reviewed on 22/11/2023

Pros

With the recent integration of several thing and in more the third party support, You can develop several thing from just one software without any problem at all.

Cons

For some field You need some third party addon, for example in the blockchain development

Gauri
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  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Visual studio code review

Reviewed on 27/7/2024

It is the popular choice of devloper.Its is easy to use so student of colleges also use this...

It is the popular choice of devloper.Its is easy to use so student of colleges also use this software .

Pros

vs code is a good software.It is free to use also it is open source software.Many student can use vs code in colleges for practise of coding.It support multiple language.Debugging capabilities is powerful.It is extensibility through extentions.One of the best in vs code is no need to use multiple tools .

Cons

It consume significant memory.When using multiple extention or work on large project it performance is slow.

Alice
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  • Industry: Computer Games
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

VS Code: the de facto standard IDE

Reviewed on 11/12/2023

Pros

A snappy editor with a huge ecosystem of plugins. It works great, the command palette rocks and language support is second to none.

Nicely configurable, but unlikely to suck you into hours and hours of customization (sorry emacs lovers).

Cons

Microsoft powered telemetry is a bit frustrating, and it's definitely not super light.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

The perfect tool for web development

Reviewed on 9/2/2024

Pros

It is built for the best developer experience.

Cons

The integration with git, I would like something more reliable and that avoids to use the terminal.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Computer Software
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Excellent Code Editor with excellent features

Reviewed on 24/9/2023

Pros

The code syntax checking and issue finding and fixing feature I like most. Because when we write large codes then we can focus only on logics. Else everything vs code handles like syntax, auto code completion etc.

Cons

For me vs code is the best code editor till the time. I spent my 8 hours of working only with vs code and don't found anything to like

Pranar
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  • Industry: Computer Software
  • Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Code editor for professionals.

Reviewed on 23/9/2023

Pros

The major pro of this software is it's completely free to use. The way UI is built is highly professional. The software is stable and reliable.

Cons

The only con I would say is resolving conflicts on this is not very efficient. I have faced minor bugs when using dark theme but they can be ignored not a big issue.