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What Is Visual Studio Code?

Visual Studio Code is a code editor developed by Microsoft that runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux. This open-source software provides developers working with JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, C++, and more with features such as code completion and debugging using built-in Git commands..

Who Uses Visual Studio Code?

Visual Studio Code helps developers, programmers, software engineers, web developers, and students run, debug, and edit codes.

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Reviews of Visual Studio Code

Average score

Overall
4.8
Ease of Use
4.6
Customer Service
4.2
Features
4.7
Value for Money
4.8

Reviews by company size (employees)

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  • 201-1,000
  • >1,001
Vasilis
Vasilis
Web Developer in Greece
Verified LinkedIn User
Information Technology & Services, Self Employed
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

A superstar editor which sometimes shows that's still too young.

5.0 last month New

Comments: The overall experience with Visual Studio Code is very positive but most of the time I find my self missing the maturity of other heavier IDEs.

Pros:

It's lightweight with basic features but if you want to extend it to fit your needs there are tons of plugins you can use. The community around Visual Studio Code has become huge. Almost every developer out there uses it.

Cons:

Sometimes I feel that the developer experience is not optimal when using Visual Studio Code. Especially when I compare it with some other legendary IDEs. I wish it had more features pre-installed, like for example code formatting, database GUI, ftp connections etc.

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Computer Software, 1,001–5,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Well-designed for developers

5.0 2 months ago New

Comments: I really enjoy using VS Code for coding. The start was not as straightforward as other coding environment, but over time, I realized how powerful it is and it is truly a coding environment designed for developers.

Pros:

A light-weight, all-in-one integrated development environment that makes my coding life efficient

Cons:

There are a lot of features that can be confusing. Once you are familiar with them, you will realize how powerful VSCode is

Yusril
Game Designer in Indonesia
E-Learning, 501–1,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Best Text Editor for Developer

3.0 last year

Pros:

easy to use, user-friendly UI, and integrated with many plugins.

Cons:

not stable with plugin version, big size plugin size

Ed
Service Desk Manager in US
Construction Software, 501–1,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

VS Code Makes Plaintext Pleasant

5.0 last month New

Comments: Visual Studio Code is our preferred text editor due to the support it has for virtually all plaintext documents and language tools.

Pros:

The open-source extensions and community support.

Cons:

It takes a bit of customization for less supported languages to run, but works very well after.

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Computer Software, 201–500 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Best Software for Coding in Web Development

5.0 2 months ago New

Comments: I have very good experience with this we can easily mange code and also manage version control . easily find thing in overall project actully It is provide so work friendly environment.

Pros:

first of all UI is so friendly and installed extension of related to coding. now if taking about the coding experience is so smooth easy to maintain code.

Cons:

nothing to dislike because personally I am working with this from last 3 years and getting my work so easy using this.

Prakash
Software Engineer in Nepal
Computer Software, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Visual Studio Code: My Go-To Editor

5.0 last month New

Comments: My overall experience with Visual Studio Code has been positive. I started using it as a student and continue to rely on it in my professional journey. It has become my go-to editor.

Pros:

I have been using Visual Studio Code for over four years. Although it's a lightweight code editor, it can be configured to deliver IDE-like features using its extensions system.

Cons:

It can become sluggish when working with very large projects.

Iman
Iman
Student in India
Verified LinkedIn User
Computer Software, Self Employed
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Highly Recommended IDE

5.0 3 weeks ago New

Comments: Would recommend this IDE to anyone who's getting into programming. Once you set it up, you'll love using it. Also Professionals too can use it for lot of customizability options.

Pros:

It's ability to work with multiple languages, and its vast library user-submitted and official plugins to work with your various projects. Very user-friendly UI too with a huge community support available oline.

Cons:

Not really any complaints from this IDE, just needs a bit of initial setup to fit your needs.

Vaja
Frontend engineer in India
Information Technology & Services, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

My personal and professional experience working with visual studio code

5.0 2 months ago New

Pros:

It gives us so much ability work with different programming language support and we can customise it as our need for the user experience and it comes with many different extentions for different use cases

Cons:

It does not provide much support for refactoring code when it comes to language like java or like when refactoring object oriented programming languages

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Computer Software, Self Employed
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

A very good swiss coding knife

5.0 2 weeks ago New

Pros:

Is like a lite version of Visual Studio, with all his strong points, but VS Code is better if we talk about multiplatform, since is a web IDE, you can use VSCode in any device with internet connection, also is more complete since you can just add plugins to support some specific programing Languages

Cons:

While VS is for .NET and support execution/debug, VSC is more for others programming languages, making the learning curve bigger than VS

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Information Technology & Services, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Visual studio code for interns

4.0 2 weeks ago New

Pros:

It's widely used across the community, it provides a lot of great extensions, and it's easy to use we can customize it to our needs or as per user experience

Cons:

Sometimes if someone is coming from something like Jetbrains IDE its lacks some feature that might be important as some refactoring tooling or some advance debugging tools

Ramu
Embedded engineer in India
Aviation & Aerospace, 10,000+ Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Best lite tool for source code management

4.0 last year

Comments: It’s fabulous application that works on both windows and linux

Pros:

Easy to use interface Portability with any os Good themes Good inbuilt extensions Code highlighting Auto code snippet Good colours Inbuilt terminals Debugging tools Compilation kits Error highlighting Search capabilities Version control Line ,column selection numbers Split terminals Overall it’s a great lite weight highly useful application

Cons:

It has less provision to setting debuggers to use for projects.it needed good debugging capability.

Lluc
Marketing Technology Team Leader in Czechia
Entertainment, 5,001–10,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

VSCode and the turnover of the market

5.0 11 months ago

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.

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Computer Software, 5,001–10,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

The VS code verdict

5.0 last year

Comments: 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.

Seif
Flutter instructor at MSB in Egypt
Program Development, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

My experience using Visual Studio Code

4.0 7 months ago

Comments: Overall, I find Visual Studio Code to be a powerful and flexible tool that suits programmers of all levels. Its multiple features and extensive integrations make it the ideal choice for many programming projects, from simple to complex. I highly recommend it to any programmer looking for a reliable and customizable code editor.

Pros:

Visual Studio Code is easy to use and customize, supports a wide range of programming languages, has built-in Git integration, benefits from a large community, and receives regular updates.

Cons:

It can consume system resources when running multiple extensions, and the initial setup might take some time to adjust to personal needs.

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Program Development, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

An excellent source code editor

5.0 8 months ago

Pros:

The debugging tools are quite powerful, allowing you to establish breakpoints, conditional breakpoints, local and class variable views, rapid expression resolution, and function call stacks. It also supports multithreaded debugging.

Cons:

Multiple component windows necessitate more editing zones to be maintained. Depending on which plugins are loaded, the boot process may take some time.

Khaled
Software Engineer in US
Information Technology & Services, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Best compatible browser for every coders.

5.0 2 months ago

Comments: VS Code has empowered me to learn and experiment with new programming languages and technologies, thanks to its extensive library of extensions and resources.

Pros:

I appreciate the cross-platform compatibility of VS Code; it works seamlessly on Windows, macOS, and Linux, making it perfect for any developer.

Cons:

Occasionally, I encounter conflicts between extensions, which can be frustrating to troubleshoot.

Peter
Software engineer in Kenya
Computer Software, 10,000+ Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

"MY CODE MANAGER"

4.0 8 months ago

Comments: Vs code has helped me complete many projects within the time frame set for me,it motivates me to create more and more projects using it as my partner in this. Full stars to VS code.

Pros:

Visual studio has an organized dashboard enabling easy navigation from one point to another, It is also easy to work with since it has extensions that make work easier and faster. It works as my partner in coding by highlighting error codes making it easy to me to identify and rectify them. VS code has made coding easier.

Cons:

It is a little challenging to work with for beginners but once you get used to it, it's the best

Humberto
Coordinador de Infraestructura TIC in Colombia
Import & Export, 501–1,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Visual Studio Code makes my life easier when developing.

5.0 9 months ago

Comments: A great experience for me as a development user, it allowed me to generate high quality code for my clients' applications quickly and easily.

Pros:

Its intuitive interface, integration with the different tools that support development such as DevOps and the ease of correcting errors in the custom code.

Cons:

So far I have only seen that at some point without updating the application it can cause some problems in the integrations.

Yuvraj
Yuvraj
software Developer in India
Verified LinkedIn User
Program Development, Self Employed
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

my experience with VS code as a software developer student .

5.0 10 months ago

Comments: the best code editor out there is this cause if you are a beginner or a professional it doesn't matter it suits you its a very friendly and great environment for code in different type of programming languages.

Pros:

debugging feature : excellent! Compiler is also good can integrate other product also with plugins support of multi programming languages.

Cons:

sometime j.son error ruins my work. how about a simulator its make work easier for frontend and application Developer to demonstrate their code as live output in a device simulator.

Shanky
Software developer in US
Verified LinkedIn User
Computer Software, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Maximum Software developer used visual studio code

5.0 last year

Comments: 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

Michael
Michael
Customer Support Manager in UK
Verified LinkedIn User
Media Production, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Unless your code NEEDS a specific IDE, Visual Studio Code is the way forward.

5.0 last year

Comments: Most of the team have been using VSC since they started learning to code, and those that predate it's release have all had really positive things to say about switching.

Pros:

Switching between languages is a breeze, it recognises the language and swaps the markups automatically. Combined with the stellar third party plugin market. VSC is now the companies preferred IDE.

Cons:

The only thing we haven't enjoyed in the web version. This was easily mitigated by installing it locally on our laptops. I'm sure the web client will be great in the coming years, but for now, we're happy to have it running locally.

Alice
Technical Project Manager in Canada
Computer Games, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

VS Code: the de facto standard IDE

5.0 last year

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.

Muhammad Aamer
Muhammad Aamer
Full stack developer in Saudi Arabia
Verified LinkedIn User
Real Estate, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Visual Studio Code is a good code editor but not the best.

5.0 last year

Comments: Overall i use it in some special cases for example when i am working with .Net application development and source code management of it but when i working with other techs for example django then i avoid it.

Pros:

I liked that it has a lot of features that are actually usable for example it is very good while you are working with version control system like git, also it provides you many templates for some technologies like C# when you are developing different kinds of apps and other Microsoft software and tools are easily integrated into it so your work is very very easy

Cons:

it is very very resource consuming and is not suitable for all kinds of technologies for example you want to develop a django app there is no such features that supports your development while you are working with django it is best for .Net app so i mean is not a very good choice to be used as stand alone code editor but if you use it for those technologies like C# then you will not be disappointed.

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Banking, 1,001–5,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

VS Code is really lightweight.

4.0 9 months ago

Pros:

Compared to other IDEs, this one has a smaller disk size. Using VS Code is easier with many addons. The integrated terminal is a big plus; other IDEs needed manual installs. Creating my own shortcuts speeds up my frequent tasks.

Cons:

If the extension library was more organized, it would be easier to find the right one. Also, I think the Python extensions need further improvement.

Sudhanshu Kumar
Student in India
Computer Software, Self Employed
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Visual Studio Code: Code Editor

5.0 11 months ago

Comments: I am very satisfied from VS Code. It is easy to use and yet so powerful. Best code editor for students as it is free to use.

Pros:

It is very lightweight, simple and easy to use. Even though it is simple, it is yet very powerful code editor. It is the best code editor you can find. Best thing about VS Code is that it is completely free to use.

Cons:

Nothing. Honestly, it is the best code editor out there. Only hard work you need is to set up the environment unlike an IDE.