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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Microsoft Visual Studio Code

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft offers Visual Studio Code, a text editor that supports code editing, debugging, IntelliSense syntax highlighting, and other features.

    $0

    Sidekick by Thundra

    N/AN/ASidekick, supported and offered by Thundra, is an open-source live application debugger that lets users troubleshoot applications while they keep on running.

    $29

    per month

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    Microsoft Visual Studio CodeSidekick by Thundra
    Editions & Modules
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    Standard
    $29
    per month 10 developer and 5 app instances included
    Professional
    $299
    per month 50 developer and 50 app instances included
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Microsoft Visual Studio CodeSidekick by Thundra
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Microsoft
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    57 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    56 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    40 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
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    User Ratings
    Microsoft Visual Studio CodeSidekick by Thundra
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (90 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.4
    (2 ratings)
    -
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    Usability
    8.5
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.7
    (23 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    Microsoft Visual Studio CodeSidekick by Thundra
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Microsoft
    Microsoft Visual Studio Code is highly recommended for the development of systems and / or complex applications entrusted to work teams under a specific methodology, and its use is also recommended for the maintenance of previously developed applications.
    It is not recommended as a learning environment for developers with little experience as the learning curve would be too high
    Incentivized
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    Thundra
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    Pros
    Microsoft
    • Very accessible -- it's compatible with all platforms and environments, free to install, and fast to open
    • Strong native support for many languages, and very strong extensibility to provide advanced language features
    • Git integration is top-notch, often displaying a better history, diff, and merge interface that is otherwise available in version control systems
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    Thundra
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    Cons
    Microsoft
    • Lack of button bar like ones found in Visual Studio.
    • Lack of integrated help that could link to YouTube, Channel 9, or other Microsoft videos on how to learn about features.
    • Integration with Team Foundation Server.
    • Would like to see it having some sort of integration into a Web API testing harness.
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    Thundra
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Microsoft
    Solid tool that provides everything you need to develop most types of applications. The only reason not a 10 is that if you are doing large distributed teams on Enterprise level, Professional does provide more tools to support that and would be worth the cost.
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    Thundra
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    Usability
    Microsoft
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    Thundra
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    Support Rating
    Microsoft
    Active development means filing a bug on the GitHub repo typically gets you a response within 4 days. There are plugins for almost everything you need, whether it be linting, Vim emulation, even language servers (which I use to code in Scala). There is well-maintained official documentation. The only thing missing is forums. The closest thing is GitHub issues, which typically has the answers but is hard to sift through -- there are currently 78k issues.
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    Thundra
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    Return on Investment
    Microsoft
    • Positive impact on minimizing time wasted by employees with software installation and setup
    • Positive impact on reducing spend on software licensing
    • Positive impact on minimizing time used to manage different applications for different purposes - this performs all of the functions we need in basic coding
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    Thundra
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