Visual Studio = Awesome!
August 29, 2017
Visual Studio = Awesome!
Score 10 out of 10
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Overall Satisfaction with Visual Studio IDE
Visual Studio is used in software departments where .NET projects are developed. It is being used to develop highly complex web applications with front-ends and API's for mobile. Visual Studio solves business problems by allowing everyone to use the same tool and having source control functions built into the software.
- Look & Feel - Visual Studio has many customizations for the user interface. Light/Dark theme, font type/size, etc.
- Extensions - Visual Studio offers many extensions for development of web, games, mobile that make life easier.
- Source Control Built In - Whether you're using Git or TFS, Visual Studio's built in source control functionality eases the pain of working in a collaborative environment.
- Sometimes slow - This is particularly the case for Visual Studio for Mac. Opening large solutions can take awhile.
- In relation to Xamarin, there are quite a few issues with debugger connections that fail for Android and iOS.
- Visual Studio allows users to develop .NET applications much faster. The built in tools to get everything up and running are fantastic. It's easy for a new developer to come on board and get started.
- With newer developers and small web projects, the integration with Azure is huge. Provisioning and publishing from inside the IDE allows anyone to sync with the cloud and get their projects out into the world.
For .NET development, there are few alternatives. And now that you can develop with Visual Studio for mac and mobile, I don't see any reason to use another IDE.