VS Code

Microsoft Visual Studio Code lets you build and debug apps

4.9•224 reviews•

1.4K followers

Microsoft Visual Studio Code lets you build and debug apps

4.9•224 reviews•

1.4K followers

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Visual Studio Code is a code editor redefined and optimized for building and debugging modern web and cloud applications.

VS Code Reviews

The community submitted 224 reviews to tell us what they like about VS Code, what VS Code can do better, and more.

4.9

Based on 224 reviews

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Reviews praise VS Code’s speed, ergonomics, Git and terminal integration, and an unmatched extensions ecosystem that keeps workflows flexible across languages and platforms. Makers of

Deepgram

highlight seamless extensibility and strong AI tooling fit; makers of

Dodo Payments

commend reliable performance at scale; makers of

ApyHub : The All in one API Platform

note smooth setup across stacks. Common wins: IntelliSense, WSL/remote/dev‑container support, and collaboration features. Tradeoffs: occasional sluggishness with many extensions, weaker debugging in some languages, and clunky remote server downloads. Overall, widely favored and free.

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extensive extension library (42)

fast performance (18)

customizable interface (13)

lightweight (13)

Git integration (11)

free tier (10)

community plugins (9)

debugging tools (9)

IntelliSense (8)

AI autocomplete (5)

Cons

high memory usage (2)

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•3 reviews

I'm not sure I'll ever use another IDE again. I came from a background where Visual Studio was the go-to, but it was always so heavy and resource intensive. Once I switched to VSCode, I was hooked. It's light, easily customizable, and fully integrates with git!

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•6 reviews

Visual Studio Code is an incredible code editor that provides a productive and seamless coding experience. As a development tool, it offers many functionalities that help developers write better code more efficiently. The code editor is designed to be user-friendly and visually appealing, making navigating and understanding your code easy. One of the greatest benefits of using VS Code is its powerful extensions, allowing developers to customize their editor to fit their needs. These extensions can help with various tasks such as debugging, code analysis, and code formatting, saving time and improving the code's overall quality. Another fantastic feature of VS Code is its ability to work with multiple languages, making it a one-stop shop for developers. The editor supports various programming languages, including Python, Java, and JavaScript. Visual Studio Code is an excellent code editor with advanced functionality, customized configurations, and an incredible user experience. Unsurprisingly, it has become one of the most popular code editors in the world among developers.

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•3 reviews

Developing inside of the docker container is a killer-feature. Plugins are the top experience.

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community plugins (9)

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3yr ago

•2 reviews

I am actually not a coding person, but I did code for a while. I love VS code for its simple user and aesthetically appealing user interface. Also, it can be well integrated with Jupyter notebook to run DS codes, which are important for me because I mostly write codes for DS. My boyfriend, a prospect software engineer, also enjoys writing codes with VS code.

What's great

customizable interface (13)

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•7 reviews

Really great, we moved our team over to VSCode from Eclipse and we're all very happy with it. The third party app library is very extensive and we've found quality plugins for what we need pretty much every time. It integrates very well with all our tech stack and has helped us speed up development with sensible shortcuts, great search/find capability. The only bug bear is debugging, the debugger is great, but we're struggling to be able to make the debugger listen for multiple processes that wish to attach to it. If there's a VSCode python debugging guru out there that can straighten this out, then this review might get an extra star.

What's great

extensive extension library (42)

What needs improvement

debugging tools (1)

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•6 reviews

I use it an average of 8 hours daily. There were many code editors before but none were like this one. Used atoms, JB etc. While they work great VS code is master of all trades. Yes you heard it right. Literally master of all trades. Started using it when I was in college and it been 2.5 years working as software engineer never felt outdated never felt lacking.

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2yr ago

•1 review

This aims to provide just the tools a developer needs for a quick code-build-debug cycle and leaves more complex workflows to fuller featured IDEs, such as Visual Studio IDE.

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2yr ago

•5 reviews

VS Code is a text editor but with the open source extensions and built-in git support it becomes a IDE like editor. And it's highly customizable, I can share my configuration with other developers too.

What's great

Git integration (11)community plugins (9)customizable interface (13)

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2yr ago

•3 reviews

One of the best IDEs out there. Possibly the most friendly, easy to use free IDE I've ever used. It has a substantial plugin ecosystem and is probably the most used IDE for all people starting their coding journey. Another thing Microsoft actually did right. :)

What's great

free tier (10)extensive extension library (42)

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2yr ago

•12 reviews

I love using VS Code for my data science work. The extensions are where VS Code excels. I'd recommend Python, Code Runner, Docker, Jupyter, Live Share, Prettier Rainbow CSV, and AWS Toolkit (if you use AWS). Once these are installed, data science in VS Code is a great experience. You can handle any data and view results without having to move programs. If you're in data science you need VS Code.

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