Notepad++ vs Visual Studio IDE

• Text Manipulation - You can easily edit and reorganize large sets of text. It's an amazing text editor.
• Plug in Support - There are so many plugins. My favorite is the difftool. Takes two files and shows you were the differences are in each one.
• Multiple Language Support - Supports the syntax for many languages, some that don't have IDE support like Visual Studio. Helps with writing code.

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• Ability to add plug-ins that support non-Microsoft solutions (such as PHP and Python).
• Power to organize and support even large enterprise applications.
• Well-structured. The built-in organization of VS makes it easy to keep track of complex projects.
• Intuitive. The controls in VS are easy to find and use.

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• It is only available for Windows (sorry, Linux and Mac users!).
• It lacks some of the features of higher-order integrated development environments or code editors like Visual Studio Code, such as integration with Git or other versioning tools.
• It works best for small text files and lighter tasks such as indenting text blocks you copy and paste from elsewhere. You could use this for all your programming needs, but there are better options out there for a primary tool for that purpose.

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• The updates are breaking sometimes VS permissions. I have set VS to run as administrator, but sometimes after an update, I need to go to executable file and set it again.
• VS 2017 does not work well sometimes with the MVC 4 applications. It is showing (underlining) errors in code viewer where the errors do not exist. The VS team was not able to fix this.
• There is no good plugin for SASS compilation and Workbench (available only up to version 2015) does not work very well.
• VS could be faster, especially when building applications.

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• The reduced time it takes to read and analyze code due to Notepad++'s features (color-coding syntax, automatic formatting), has increased personal productivity of all users.
• Notepad++ being free and not requiring licenses means the department budget is not negatively impacted whatsoever.
• The relatively small size of the application allows for a quick install. Additionally, the innocuous nature of the app makes it an easy candidate for installation for those in organizations where you are not an administrator and need help-desk approval in order to install applications.

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• Very flexible pricing schemas for licensing allows us to focus on solution development instead of development cost.
• The integration of tools in a single IDE is better for estimating the budget because it is not necessary to have other licenses.
• Improves the speed of the development process so the ROI can be faster.

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