Microsoft Visual Studio Code - Beginner friendly IDE for QA Automation
January 23, 2026

Microsoft Visual Studio Code - Beginner friendly IDE for QA Automation

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Score 9 out of 10
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Overall Satisfaction with Microsoft Visual Studio Code

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.

Pros

  • Integrate with the git repository very well.
  • Integrated copilot chat is very helpful to write code snippets and helps beginners to start with coding and development.
  • Great library of available extensions is one of the best features in Microsoft Visual Studio Code.
  • Dedicated Testing option to configure pytest and others are quite handy to use.

Cons

  • A lot of dependency on the plugins and manually finding appropriate plugins for the development environment is time taking for first time.
  • A highly customized Microsoft Visual Studio Code for our development environment is a bit slower in startup.
  • Although it is very good for web development, it lacks full feature for heavy development with C/C++ like memory profiling etc.
  • Running on virtual/containerized environment is slower and buggy
  • Automation framework was developed very quickly with Microsoft Visual Studio Code, which put the QA team up to speed and delivered the quality products faster
  • Quicker modification of test scenario using the Copilot chat saved a lot of engineers' efforts
  • Overall productivity of the automation team increased by 30-40% in test script delivery
Microsoft Visual Studio Code is a very easy-to-use IDE, making it a great fit for beginners and experienced professionals equally. Built-in Copilot chat makes it a lot easier to write, modify, and update the code. It is easier to debug with the AI feature. The latest update also enables users to view the entire Git worktree directly in the explorer. Latency in copying and pasting large text has been reduced to a minimum now.
Microsoft Visual Studio Code is a great competitor to all the IDEs listed above. The vast range of extensions is a strength of the Microsoft Visual Studio Code ecosystem. Integration of Copilot is another add-on, which makes development and debugging very easy and comprehensible. The only thing that Microsoft Visual Studio Code can improve is in the large-scale project environment. Refactoring becomes very difficult and risky with Microsoft Visual Studio Code compared to IntelliJ or PyCharm.

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

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.

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