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Microsoft Visual Studio Code

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What is Microsoft Visual Studio Code?

Microsoft offers Visual Studio Code, a text editor that supports code editing, debugging, IntelliSense syntax highlighting, and other features.

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Recent Reviews

Visual Studio Code - happy coding

9 out of 10
July 12, 2023
It is a mighty and lightweight IDE which never seen. It supports almost all the languages. It has extensive verities of extensions for …
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One of the best code editors

8 out of 10
January 17, 2023
Visual Studio Code has been really helpful to me, allowing me to utilize my time more effectively and accomplish the task, more thanks to …
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Awesome IDE for Developers

8 out of 10
December 15, 2022
Visual Code Studio is used in my organization for development operations like coding, debugging, sharing code, using git clone thorough …
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VS Code - You will love it

10 out of 10
April 30, 2022
1. Writing day-to-day code 2. running and debugging my Flutter apps 3. Write Test code for my projects 4. Access remote host via pem file …
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What is Microsoft Visual Studio Code?

Microsoft offers Visual Studio Code, a text editor that supports code editing, debugging, IntelliSense syntax highlighting, and other features.

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Product Details

What is Microsoft Visual Studio Code?

Microsoft Visual Studio Code Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationNo

Frequently Asked Questions

Microsoft offers Visual Studio Code, a text editor that supports code editing, debugging, IntelliSense syntax highlighting, and other features.

Microsoft Visual Studio Code starts at $0.

Reviewers rate Usability highest, with a score of 10.

The most common users of Microsoft Visual Studio Code are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Steven Gockley, MBA, MCSA | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
For our data team, to reduce budget, we use VS Code instead of the full version of Visual Studio. We use it with SQL Server Data Tools as well as for our analytics (Python) and light C# needs. While our Development Team uses Visual Studio Professional we have found on the Data team that VS Code is more than sufficient for our needs.
  • Integration with SQL Server Data Tools
  • Easy transition between the VS Environment, not a big learning curve
  • Lightweight
  • We have been able to fully integrate it in our CI processes and reduce licensing for other SQL Server products such as Red Gate Source Control
  • Certain types of projects such as Database Projects, can cause problems
If you need to use products such as SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS), SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) or SQL Server Analytical Services (SSAS) this is a more than adequate tool. Also, if you are doing light to mid-sized code projects (Not really enterprise level projects) this is a great tool.
  • We have been able to reduce our annual budget by almost $10,000 by implement VS Code on the Data Team
Honestly we only vetted Visual Studio code against Visual Studio and it gives us everything we need and then some. There are options out there but for us, to be able to have a fully integrated environment that allows us to move from one team to the other with little to no training necessary is a big plus.
5
Development, specifically Database, ETL, Business Intelligence and DBA functions and roles. Languages they code with include C#, SQL, T-SQL, VB Script and Python. Toolsets they work with include SQL Server Reporting Services, SQL Server Integration Services, Pragmatic Works Task Factory and in house built applications. Databases they work with include SQL Server 2012 and above, Amazon Redshift and MySql.
5
The team self supports.
  • Develop Database Schema and objects
  • Develop ETL Processes
  • Develop Enterprise level reports
  • We are able to do Continuous integrations using Visual Studio Code with SQL Server Data Tools and eliminate 2 other products we have licensing for
  • Perhaps some power users may be able to use it for data mining and light reporting writing.
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.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Visual Studio Code is used by a lot of our developers here. It's the best free code editor out there for the work we do. I am just amazed by how much you could do with it. There isn't a visual debugger like in VS 15 or newer versions but I usually debug locally and is just fine. It's also very smooth and quick. I haven't encountered any issues yet.
  • The search functionality is great.
  • I like how when I click on a class, it opens it to view quickly and once you click on another class it will remove that tab. Only when you double click it keeps it.
  • Suggested fixes work perfectly here.
  • I'd like to see visual debugging but I get the limitation.
It's a full rounded editor. For me, I edit TS, HTML, CSS in it and write my unit tests. I've used it before for .net development. A lot of cool extensions can be added as well to it that will be suggested to you when you need them. I always need to use a split screen when coding, and it allows you to do so. If you're a developer that needs it, it's perfect.
  • I honestly don't have anything negative to say about VS Code. I have enjoyed every aspect of it so far.
It has everything other editors are offering but you will find so many additions. Sometimes you don't think you need a feature until you start using it and that's the case with VS Code. So many things will pop up and make your life easier. Just because you're used to other editors, doesn't mean you shouldn't try this one out. It will be easy to move to it and use.
200
IT
We call Microsoft if we need support.
  • Application debugging.
  • App development.
  • App improvements.
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