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Efficient Code Editor that provides essential to advanced features for all programming languages
February 12, 2020

Efficient Code Editor that provides essential to advanced features for all programming languages

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Microsoft Visual Studio Code

Microsoft Visual Studio Code is used across the whole organization. I know many people in both Information Technologies and Research & Development departments that use Microsoft Visual Studio Code. It is used to develop embedded software for electronic cards, .NET programs that are used by other business units, background services, and Python scripts that help to automate some tasks in the mainframe. Therefore it is used primarily in C/C++, C#, and Python. I used it with C (embedded software programming) and Python(for Advanced Analytics and Machine Learning.)
  • Provides good UI/UX
  • Runs fast thanks to its efficiency/small size
  • Interface for plotting graphs (Matplotlib, Seaborn) can be improved.
  • Installation of compilers can be made easier for the user.
  • Allows full stack developers to work on the same platform/environment.
  • Efficiency and time saving for developers.
Microsoft Visual Studio Code's strength, compared to its rivals/alternatives, is its size, efficiency, compatibility, portability, and cross-language ability. Some IDEs are focused on one or two programming languages, containing a lot of libraries, compilers, and packages but end up being huge in the disk and slow due to a lot of things that are installed that the developer does not even use most of the time. That's Microsoft Visual Studio Code's difference there. It contains essentials, is small and fast, not to mention that compatibility and interchangeability between programming languages.
I give it a nine because not only does Microsoft have a vast customer support network all over the world, but also even huger community in its official forums, as well as sites like StackOverflow, solves your problem. Most of the time, I don't even have to call customer support because the problem has been experienced by someone like me in the past and resolved by the community. I can find these on the internet, whether it is official Microsoft FAQ or sites like StackOverflow.

Do you think Microsoft Visual Studio Code delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Microsoft Visual Studio Code's feature set?

Yes

Did Microsoft Visual Studio Code live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Microsoft Visual Studio Code go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Microsoft Visual Studio Code again?

Yes

Microsoft Visual Studio Code is well suited if you're a full-stack developer/or someone who uses several programming languages and libraries in the same platform/computer since it supports them all together. I used it with C, C++, and Python so far, and I know it supports even more. It is especially cool how little space it takes compared to other platforms, which make it run fast, too. Installation of the fundamental pack is relatively easy, also but of course, it requires specialization and knowledge to maintain more and more packages and features. So Microsoft Visual Studio Code can be seen as a tremendous fundamental package that wraps up the essentials, which enables it to be small and fast yet supports more if you want more.