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Windows or Cloud development in MS Ecosystem: Visual Studio .NET IDE is the best alternative
August 15, 2018

Windows or Cloud development in MS Ecosystem: Visual Studio .NET IDE is the best alternative

Jose Miguel Siu Navarro | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
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Enterprise

Overall Satisfaction with Visual Studio IDE

We have a small software factory to develop custom solutions to our customers. Even though we are Java specialists, we have a small group of talented programmers versed in .NET technology. We developed for our customer mainly solutions to interface Serial DB9 ports devices to PC running Windows, WebApps and small Data Entry Windows applications.
  • Unit testing in VS IDE is awesome and light years ahead any other java technology.
  • The IDE has been perfectly designed to allow many modules on-screen without looking saturated or unreadable.
  • Add-ons!!! You can extend and connect multiple add-ons to the IDE to make your workflow easier.
  • VS .NET IDE uses a lot of memory, so be prepare to get to your programmers a very capable PC ( >16 GB of RAM the better)
  • Installation process for the core components is easy, but if you need other components they can be hard to find in the components tree in the installer. And, the more libraries and components you install, the more memory you'll need.
  • You have to pay to get VS .NET IDE, but you can begin using their free IDE to make your programmers get used prior buying it.
  • It is more expensive than other IDE (Ex., Embarcadero Delphi)
  • Again, if you live in a Microsoft ecosystem, for me there is no better option. VS integrate perfectly to all MS products.
There are very few native Windows development IDE these days. We had only evaluated Embarcadero Delphi which is very easy to use, but it looks like a 90's IDE. Other IDE to develop for Windows only offers mostly C++ development (QT).
If you are in a Microsoft ecosystem, VS .NET IDE is a no-brainer decision. There are other IDE's like Embarcadero Delphi/C#, but they don't have the kind robustness and stability as VS. VS offers C#/C++/Visual Basic/ASP/UWA development, etc. Which means that you are fully covered to develop standalone standard Windows apps as well as Cloud-ready apps. If you integrate hardware to your app as we do, the development and unit testing is flawless.