Everything you could ever hope for from a code editor
Updated May 19, 2021
Everything you could ever hope for from a code editor
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Microsoft Visual Studio Code
IDE choice is entirely up to engineers' personal preference within my organisation, but an overwhelming majority of my colleagues choose to use Microsoft Visual Studio Code. The quality of the editor in itself is fantastic to start with, but when combined with plugins (of which there are many in the ecosystem) it becomes truly invaluable for us in maintaining code quality and speeding up development through its various in-built and extended features. This means that coding can remain pretty consistent amongst engineers (at least in terms of conventions) and that configuration in certain languages and projects can be shared and enforced with relative ease, for example when linting various filetypes.
- Free, quick and easy to install
- Extensive plugin ecosystem and support
- Extensible in configuration and personalisation
- Personal settings can easily be synced to a personal or group source code management platform
- Intuitive to use
- Some plugins can be inconsistent in quality
- Performance can be affected with many plugins running (especially linting or hinting)
- Can be a bit of a "one size fits all" rather than specialised
- Quicker delivery (through less mistakes)
- Consistency in quality
- Easier onboarding for new starters
- No need for management of a license
In all honesty, I've not even looked back at any of these alternatives since switching to Microsoft Visual Studio Code a few years ago, there simply isn't the need. For all I know they're all absolutely fantastic, but at the time of switching (and consistently since) Microsoft Visual Studio Code was that much better than the other options available that I've not had reason to look elsewhere for a code editor. This is due to, in large part, the fact that you can concentrate on your actual code rather than the configuration or shortcomings of your editor.
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