Visual Studio

Score8.8 out of 10

847 Reviews and Ratings

What is Visual Studio?

Visual Studio (now in the 2022 edition) is a 64-bit IDE that makes it easier to work with bigger projects and complex workloads, boasting a fluid and responsive experience for users. The IDE features IntelliCode, its automatic code completion tools that understand code context and that can complete up to a whole line at once to drive accurate and confident coding.

Categories & Use Cases

Andrew Ussher View profile

Business Owner in Information Technology at Focused On Data Limited (1-10 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Microsoft Visual Studio is at the heart of our work at Focused On Data, as we produce desktop and web solutions for clients, built on C# language.

As an IDE it is ideal for new developers allowing us to progress employees through a process of training and learning that permits them to provide valuable input in our software development projects.

Integration with GitHub is one of the major advantages, since it allows us to maintain source code in a secure repository, with the ability to have multiple developers working on the same project in a safe and coordinated way.

Pros

Integration with third party solutions like GitHub
Provides an ideal platform for Avalonia development
Is intuitive for new developers

Cons

We could do with a better way of working with JavaScript
Sometimes an error in the code can cause errors that are difficult to resolve unless the user has some knowledge of how projects come together

Return on Investment

As a startup we have been able to take advantage of the Microsoft for Startups programme and other programmes that have reduced or investment costs.
Without Microsoft Visual Studio we would be taking a massive step back with regards to development.
Bringing in new employees to something other than Microsoft Visual Studio would make recruitment a lot harder.

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Delphi

Other Software Used

Microsoft Power BI, SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), SAP Crystal

Nicholas Branfield

Senior Software Engineer in Information Technology at Synerics (11-50 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Used extensively from building windows services to web apps and everything in between. The IDE's debugging and testing tools are quite good. IDE is responsive and easy to use and navigate. Lately, most things needed are built into the default IDE, but if not, there is a good extension library too.

Pros

Single interface for everything from coding to debugging to testing.
Fast debugging.
Intellisense is great.

Cons

Would be great if there was a better way to save and restore open tabs.
The built-in test runner can be improved, for example, by adding the ability to save a set of commonly run tests, etc.
Better integration for Microsoft SQL server would be great.

Return on Investment

Increased efficiency.
Cost reduction vs many individual tools.
Code quality improvements due to ease of test and debugging.

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Microsoft Visual Studio Code and Eclipse

Other Software Used

ChatGPT, Postman, Microsoft Teams

Naga Dinesh Reddy Koneti View profile

Python Developer in Quality Assurance at Applied Materials (10,001+ employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I am using Microsoft Visual Studio for developing applications using python, I am using Microsoft Visual Studio developing desktop application using python tkinter, pyqt. And I am using it for scheduling tasks using python.

The AI assistant with GitHub copilot extention is very helpful to write the code and develop the better codes. The easy way of adding extensions helps a lot to get the work simple and quick complete to meet the deadlines. Easy way of handling database, js, c++ makes good. The connection with Git helps for version control so I can track the work status and updates.

Pros

Develop application using Microsoft Visual Studio.
Version control helps to get update and collaboration with my teams.
Microsoft Visual Studio helps to do debug code finding error easily.
The extension helps to add any programming languages we can use and run.

Cons

There are some other programming languages they don't support if they include them that will help a lot
The structure they can make better.
The consumption of cpu and memory was high while using the Microsoft Visual Studio.

Return on Investment

It has a positive impact on my company helps for completing projects

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Microsoft Visual Studio Code, Postman and PyCharm

Other Software Used

Microsoft Visual Studio Code, Postman, PyCharm

Craig Wheatley View profile

Lead web developer in Engineering at Candyspace (51-200 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

This is our IDE of choice for Optimizely projects. It's fast, accurate and easily handles the complex C# projects we throw at it. We use Microsoft Visual Studio for development across teams, creating custom extensions to be shared and reused across teams. The intelligent type safety system ensures our teams are accurate and can learn at the same time.

Pros

Very fast, even with a c# project with 500k lines
IntelliSense
Custom extensions
Dependency management

Cons

Simple guides for first time users
Better compatibility with Linux

Return on Investment

Developer efficiency is great with shared extensions
Projects compile quickly avoiding slow build times
Our Linux team has had to adopt alternative tools

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Microsoft Visual Studio Code and JetBrains Rider

Other Software Used

Microsoft Visual Studio Code, Slack, Adobe PhotoShop, Docker

Mehrzad Khoddam

Sr. Software Developer in Engineering at US HealthCenter Inc. (51-200 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I am using Microsoft Visual Studio for developing websites, including backend (API development) and frontend (JavaScript &Angular). The main scope of the websites are healthcare management. I am using Microsoft Visual Studio for developing, debugging, testing, and publishing the built project to the website. I am using the IntelliSense autocompletion for faster development. I am using Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 and 20122 but I recently switched to 2026 version.

Pros

Integrated development environment
Debugging and re compiling the code while it is running
Publishing to the website

Cons

Project setting file (cproj)
More wizards

Return on Investment

Absolutely it has a positive impact on ROI because of faster development cycle.

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Eclipse, NetBeans and Code::Blocks

Other Software Used

GitKraken, Microsoft Visual Studio Code