Microsoft Visual Studio Code Reviews and Ratings

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

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.

Likelihood to Recommend

As a general workhorse IDE, Microsoft Visual Studio Codee is unmatched. Building on the early success of applications such as Atom, it has long been the standard for electron based IDEs.

It can be outshone using IDEs that are dedicated to particular platforms, such as Microsoft Visual Studio Code for .net and the Jetbrains IDEs for Java, Python and others.

For remote collaborative development, something like Zed is ahead of VSCode live share, which can be quite flakey.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use Microsoft Visual Studio Code primarily for PowerShell development for automation tasks. The integration with Github works similar to how it works with Visual Studio. It works with PowerShell 5 or 7 by changing the configuration of the in the settings.json file.

Likelihood to Recommend

It's been the best tool for me for PowerShell development. It has native support and works much better than using an extension in Visual Studio to enable PowerShell development.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Most of the company's software engineers chose Microsoft Visual Studio Code as their IDE (integrated development environment). We do not force them to use any particular IDE, but thanks to its reach set of plugin Microsoft Visual Studio Code is a pretty obvious choise.

Likelihood to Recommend

This is very safe choice and it's easy to find good receipts how to cook it if raw Microsoft Visual Studio Code is not enough.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use it to open Flutter & React projects, plus it's an essential tool for developers. I get extensions, intellisense, and now Copilot to make my job easier. This also uses less RAM than Android Studio, since we can turn off unused extensions. We now get MCPs, which let us connect to different services, and the AI agent gets the context for everything required. Truly an amazing tool.

Likelihood to Recommend

For low-end devices, it is a very good tool, but for devices that have decent RAM and decent CPU, I would recommend Android Studio for Android dev as it has more features, and for others, I will recommend agile IDEs like Cursor and Anti-Gravity, as they offer higher limits on AI models, and autocomplete is unlimited as well.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

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.

Likelihood to Recommend

If the project is a straight up macOS or iOS/iPadOS/watchOS/tvOS/etc development, then Xcode is the way to go, just because it is Apple's development environment. For just about anything else, particularly cross platform stuff, and especially in the case of a macOS/Windows parallel development scenario, Microsoft Visual Studio Code can definitely be appropriate and more effective. It is also a fairly good way to bring a Windows developer on to a macOS environment.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Microsoft Visual Studio Code to write code for our automation framework for our in-house security-related products. We use it to add new test scenarios or modify existing test scenarios for automation frameworks. Also, we use Microsoft Visual Studio Code to check out the code from the Git repository. It is one of the go-to Integrated Development Environments (IDEs) for our team to manage the build of the automation codebase for our project.

Likelihood to Recommend

Well-suited for automation framework development, especially Python-based frameworks like pytest, Playwright, etc. It is perfect for tooling development, and Copilot chat support makes it a lot easier to do the automation development tasks in this IDE. Execution of playwright and pytests in the IDE is very smooth. Debugging mode to triage the failure and fix on the go is also awesome. Integration of AI for error fixing and debugging is a really cool feature.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

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.

Likelihood to Recommend

When working on a development team that simultaneously works on different projects, implementing version control is really useful. Also, for our specific needs, where we develop data pipelines in Python, is one of the best tools to visualize the projects that we are working on. Not only in a normal Python file but also in a Jupyter notebook.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Easy library access, extension addition, and directory creation and access. The latest developments that incorporate agentic AI for development are excellent and a real game-changer. Along with all these, affordable access to all AI models in Copilot helps developers of all levels, from freshers to experienced.

Likelihood to Recommend

Well-suited for all kinds of application development. It is a little complex for new users who want to take benefit for agentic mode. Improvements to the icons in the left pane can be made by naming them to make them easier for beginners. OR two modes can be enabled, lite and pro, along with a demo video link embedded when switching from lite to pro.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

All of our developers use Visual Studio Code for everything; we have teams working on Java, Python, and TypeScript, and they all use VS Code. With the help of extensions, we can connect to anything and personalize their environment as they want. Also, our developers work on different OS, and they can port their configuration and work in any of them without issue.

Likelihood to Recommend

It's difficult to say a scenario where Microsoft Visual Studio is less appropriate. I would say Spring Development, but our developers also use it there... so basically you can use it in any environment to code in any language or framework, share your environment configurations across operating systems, and have a high level of personalization thanks to extensions.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

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.

Likelihood to Recommend

I have utilised Microsoft Visual Studio Code for both my academic and work tasks, and it has proven highly beneficial in both situations. The Copilot integration is especially valuable, as it offers code suggestions when someone is feeling stuck or brainstorming ideas. Additionally, I've observed that Copilot can create entire code snippets when given the right prompts.