Microsoft Visual Studio Code

Microsoft Visual Studio Code is our predominant IDE (integrated development environment) that we use both internally and with clients.

We use it to develop applications and platforms with clients across all verticals.

It being free to use, and with an open source core, means we can easily bring it with us to clients without having to engage in procurement and licensing.

Additionally our engineers are provided internally with GitHub Copilot, and it is often available on clients, integrating directly into our IDE.

• It provides a cost free IDE option that allows for more rapid onboarding with clients
• It's native integration with GitHub copilot, and other LLM-centric extensions has enabled us to rapidly prototype new ideas
• It provides a standard basis for work that allows us to collaborate better as a team, and continuously improve

IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm and Zed

Notion, Microsoft 365, GitHub, GitHub Copilot, GitLab

I mostly use Microsoft Visual Studio Code in development projects that are less appropriate for development in Xcode due to the amount of overhead in getting Xcode projects set up properly. Microsoft Visual Studio Code works very well for our shell and Python scripting tasks related to our Jamf Pro instance. It is just easier to get a project put together with Microsoft Visual Studio Code for these small, low overhead items.

• It's one more development environment to learn - Negative
• It facilitates using Windows programmer resources on macOS projects - Positive
• It is fairly quick to learn, less time spent in training and skill development - Positive
• Integration with Copilot promotes "vibe coding" - Both Positive and Negative

Xcode and Anaconda

Ellucian Banner, Atlassian Confluence, Google Authenticator, Okta, 1Password, Adobe Acrobat, CoPilot, Google Chrome, Google Drive, Grammarly

We mainly use it as a tool to write code in different languages such as Python, C++, c++ and HTML/CSS. One of the main problems it assesses is the integration of not only version control with git, but also the number of add-ons that help us work really efficiently and collaborate easily.

• Version control that enables collaboration.
• Prevention of bugs in production environments.
• Free to use for the most part.

Spyder, Atom, Terminal and Jupyter Notebook

Atom, Jupyter Notebook, Terminal

I've developed a Powershell script in Microsoft Visual Studio Code to automate my daily tasks. The integration with Microsoft Co-Pilot has been very useful for writing and troubleshooting these scripts. Mainly, I use this script to automate VMware tasks, such as generating remote connections and performing routine operations.

Additionally, it provides an option to manage version control via GitHub account integration.

• It is entirely free but beneficial for coders.
• Using Microsoft Visual Studio Code, I've created several PowerShell scripts that save hundreds of minutes per month
• The usual workload has been reduced, and an improved work-life balance has been achieved.

Microsoft Power Automate

Notion, DeepSeek, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

Microsoft Visual Studio Code (for his short name) his now my swissknife for a lot of my day-to-day job. Microsoft Visual Studio Code has replace notepad for scratch notes, temporary notes. Microsoft Visual Studio Code has replace a standard installation of Jupyter Notebook for research/lab using mainly markdown and python. Microsoft Visual Studio Code has replace command with is integrated terminal. Microsoft Visual Studio Code has unveil a great power with remote ssh and container dev. Last but not least with all the extensions available (docker, remote, kubernetes, Azure, Continue, Gitlab, and all specialized extensions) Microsoft Visual Studio Code his now my all-in-one place control tower. Before using Microsoft Visual Studio Code I was opening 5 or 7 applications every morning now I open Team, Outlook and Microsoft Visual Studio Code and I can begun my Business Journey.

• Less software installed on my computer (so less license, cost less)
• I'm starting my business journey in a second instead of dozen of minutes before.
• a lot of automation, organisation tools embeded the setup of your environment job

Notepad++

Microsoft Teams, OneNote, GitLab