Likelihood to Recommend Microsoft Visual Studio Code is highly recommended for the development of systems and / or complex applications entrusted to work teams under a specific methodology, and its use is also recommended for the maintenance of previously developed applications.
It is not recommended as a learning environment for developers with little experience as the learning curve would be too high
Read full review Pros Very accessible -- it's compatible with all platforms and environments, free to install, and fast to open Strong native support for many languages, and very strong extensibility to provide advanced language features Git integration is top-notch, often displaying a better history, diff, and merge interface that is otherwise available in version control systems Read full review SonarLint highlights all the issues in our codes and also displays the severity of each issue. SonarLint also provides suggestions for how to fix those code issues which are highlighted. SonarLint starts the processing of the file as soon as it is opened and highlights all the issues which it found. When we fix the issue, we don't even need to create a new build or generate fresh code quality report, as soon as we save the file with the changes, it does the processing again and shows the result if the issue is fixed or not. SonarLint saves a lot of time and effort by saving us from doing fresh build every time and generating new code quality report every time, thus increasing the efficiency and output which is in return beneficial for the client. Read full review Cons Lack of button bar like ones found in Visual Studio. Lack of integrated help that could link to YouTube, Channel 9, or other Microsoft videos on how to learn about features. Integration with Team Foundation Server. Would like to see it having some sort of integration into a Web API testing harness. Read full review Sometimes, SonarLint does not highlight the issues in the code correctly. The severity of the issues highlighted is according to the default rules set, we should also be given authority to set the severity of the issues. The default fixes which SonarLint provides should be more enhanced and there should be more fixes available. Sometimes it takes a lot of time for processing of the file when any new file is loaded or changes are saved in a file. Read full review Likelihood to Renew Solid tool that provides everything you need to develop most types of applications. The only reason not a 10 is that if you are doing large distributed teams on Enterprise level, Professional does provide more tools to support that and would be worth the cost.
Read full review Usability This is a tool for programmers and it works like many others. If you are in the development world already then you will be sailing in no time with Microsoft Visual Studio Code. It is also great for new developers and it is very easy to use and you can get all the tools you need in one place as you begin to learn.
Read full review Support Rating Active development means filing a bug on the GitHub repo typically gets you a response within 4 days. There are plugins for almost everything you need, whether it be linting,
Vim emulation, even language servers (which I use to code in Scala). There is well-maintained official documentation. The only thing missing is forums. The closest thing is GitHub issues, which typically has the answers but is hard to sift through -- there are currently 78k issues.
Read full review Alternatives Considered [Microsoft] Visual Studio Code beats the competition due to its extensibility. Their robust extensions architecture combined with the plethora of mostly free extensions written by the community can't be beaten. The fact that this tool itself is provided by a world-recognized company, Microsoft, free of charge is phenomenal. The goodwill garnered by them is immeasurable. Other tools I've used were missing features or were just too rigid, too complicated, or too unsophisticated for my liking. The fact that VS Code is easy to mold to my will with the right extensions seals the deal.
Read full review SonarLint works along with SonarQube
Read full review Return on Investment Positive impact on minimizing time wasted by employees with software installation and setup Positive impact on reducing spend on software licensing Positive impact on minimizing time used to manage different applications for different purposes - this performs all of the functions we need in basic coding Read full review SonarLint helps in achieving all the business requirements in a more efficient way. It reduces the manual and redundant work which we would have to do else every time if we did not use SonarLint. SonarLint helps in maintaining code quality, and thus also highlights the loopholes for the cyber attacks and phishing attacks. SonarLint makes work easy and helps the developer to invest less time in manual work thereby increasing their capacity to deliver the maximum output to the client. Read full review ScreenShots