TrustRadius Insights for Microsoft Visual Studio are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, third party data sources.
Pros
Live Coding Assistance Feature: Users have highly praised the live coding assistance feature in Visual Studio, emphasizing how it significantly enhances their coding experience by providing real-time support and guidance during the development process. This feature has been described as a valuable asset that improves productivity and code quality for many users.
Efficient Debugging Process: Reviewers consistently highlight the efficient debugging process in Visual Studio as a standout feature that allows them to swiftly identify and resolve issues within their codebase. The seamless debugging experience not only saves time but also boosts confidence in the reliability of their applications.
High-Quality Testing Tools: Users commend Visual Studio for its high-quality testing tools, noting how these robust features ensure that their code functions correctly and meets stringent standards. The comprehensive suite of testing capabilities integrated into the IDE streamlines the testing phase of development projects, contributing to overall efficiency and code accuracy.
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Visual Studio Reviews
47 Reviews
Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees)
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We use Visual Studio Code in multiple areas of the business. Engineering team, the majority of us use the product and have come to use it often when we’re peer programming, too.
Pros
Peer programming.
Lots of plugins for eslint etc.
Layout of the files.
Cons
Too many buttons in one place sometimes. Learning curve is high.
Would be good to be able to export and import productivity tool setup.
Likelihood to Recommend
It is very good to be able to share your code in a peer programming session. Very good for building code. Setup is difficult if you lose all your productivity plugins, though.
Visual Studio IDE is the heart of our organization, which we are using since 2015 to develop tools software for the other departments within our organization. Moreover, it provides a set of rich libraries to develop applications in different languages.it doesn't take much time to develop a rice UI application which saves the budget for our organization. Most of the time we got appreciated from the client for quick delivery of the projects.
Pros
Set of rich libraries for different languages.it is not stuck only with c# using this you can write code in other languages also.
Code debugging is very simple and accurate.
Creation of class library and executable files are awesome features.
Inbuilt IIS hosting is great features to host your application.
Cons
Visual studio initial load takes quite longer to setup your projects.
Taking time to install and uninstall the application.
Likelihood to Recommend
If you are developing your application which will run in windows application operating system. Development of standalone application in malls to read barcodes of the product to get the price. If you are using windows authentication then it will get configured with minimum effort. Less appropriate- if you to run your code in mac or Linux.
Our company uses mostly Linux based tech, but from time-to-time, we do arrive at Windows-based tasks. In those cases, using Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code are our main tools for tackling problems. Mostly used for C# and C++ codes, sometimes TypeScript, we use Visual Studio as a reliable, modern, and highly valuable IDE.
Pros
Windows-based programming tools
.NET go-to developing instrument
Well structured, easy-to-use interface
Cons
Has a steep learning curve
Intellisense is sometimes a bit annoying for me
Likelihood to Recommend
[Depending] on the task, I would probably recommend Visual Studio for anybody, who would like to use a professional IDE and comes from a Windows-based environment. Maybe there are better tools for specific tasks, but for developing .NET projects, or windows based applications, or maybe educational purposes, Visual Studio is a stable candidate to provide a good utility belt for any programming task.
Visual Studio is an all-in-one package for software developers. Our team uses it for developing computer software, mobile apps and web based software. Normally we use rad model to complete our project, because we have to deliver projects with fast and correct, Visual Studio given more support to suss it. Mainly IT department uses this software, but as an education and tanning providing company, our academic department also uses for teaching process. We have in-house developed student management system, payroll, inventory control system, and HR system. [They] help to increase company efficiency.
Pros
Error finding and debugging.
Number of extensions for customize our IDE.
User friendly interface with dark and light mood.
Rich toolbox for interface design.
Cons
High memory use.
Long startup time.
Cost is higher than other developing case tools.
Likelihood to Recommend
If your company builds software with different programming language, Visual Studio is the best case tool for it. Because it capable for C+, C#, Visual Basic, .NET and F#. Not only these things, but also we can work with JavaScript, XML, XSLT, HTML, and CSS as a web base developing language. One main feature of the Visual Studio interface designing, we can simply build user interface by using drag and drop method. As a result of these things I highly recommend Visual Studio IDE to all programmers.
Our .Net team uses Visual Studio IDE as their tool to build .Net web applications, APIs and do light interface work with Azure resources. Since the IDE provides a complete development environment, it makes it easy to build, test, debug, and deploy code into a wide variety of environments with ease.
Pros
Debugging
Performance tracking
Code insights
Cons
Performance
Integrations
Deployments
Likelihood to Recommend
Visual Studio is a great solution for large scale .Net projects. The solution file architecture makes it easy to have a Web API, data libraries, and front end code all as separate projects within the solution. Additionally, the integration with Azure resources provided within the IDE makes it easy to explore resources and deploy to hosted services.
Visual Studio might node be suited for smaller sized projects since the IDE can take up a lot of resources. For smaller projects, Visual Studio Code works much easier. Visual Studio might not be suited for projects where you need to deploy from the IDE into environments that are not Azure or Web Deploy based. The FTP deployment options can be finicky and there are no built-in deployment options for other services.
We use the Visual Studio IDE to develop mobile applications, develop Web applications, and write web services. As a team in the software development department, we follow the codes we write both through GitHub and the Visual Studio IDE. In the education sector, we are developing mobile applications where students can receive written and visual training. Using the frameworks in the Visual Studio IDE, we develop an efficient and effective application.
Pros
The entity frameworks offered by mobile application developers produce highly efficient results.
The Visual Studio IDE tool with which we write code is very fast and has a user-friendly display
Initially, problems with GitHub integration may occur. It can be difficult for all members of the team to get involved in the project via GitHub.
Cons
I think it is quite successful in such operations as rearranging, renaming variables as smart, converting one or more lines of code into a new method, changing the order of method parameters.
The Quick Launch search box, called "Quick Launch," allows us to find everything we need in Visual Studio quickly.
Linux environments do not provide as much performance as windows systems. In addition to this, we need to check the configuration at the beginning of the manual need to do
Likelihood to Recommend
In the education sector, we are developing mobile applications where students can receive written and visual training. We are preparing an environment where 2000 students can work online at the same time. Thanks to the application we have developed, we have developed a design so that students can enter the application online offline. Using the frameworks in the Visual Studio IDE, we develop an efficient and effective application.
We use Visual Studio IDE across our entire organization as our primary development platform. Visual Studio has become a great way to develop software for most platforms that we target. The beauty of Visual Studio is the way it handles legacy applications. We have been updating and modernizing a lot of apps recently and combining the ability to work with apps written 10 or more years ago with programmability has made the work much simpler.
Pros
Full Stack Web Development
Legacy app compatibility
Working with a team on larger projects
Code completion/checking
Debugging
Cons
Can be slow at times
Learning curve can be daunting
Cost for some versions can be a challenge if you need the features
Likelihood to Recommend
If you are a full stack developer and like C# or VB.net, then Visual Studio IDE is definitely the way to go. Sure, you could go with VSCode or some other editor and make everything happen in the command line, but Visual Studio IDE makes most things much easier. Personally, I use both. 90% of the time, I am in Visual Studio IDE and then I keep Code open for various lightweight utility tasks that it is perfect for.
We are currently using Visual Studio IDE individually to test the integration of this tool with some programming languages that we are studying to carry out its adoption by the development team. So it's in an experimental environment.
Pros
Shortcuts for performing tasks
Integration through plugins for different programming languages
Cons
I have difficulties working with the file explorer and some layout provisions of the IDE.
Likelihood to Recommend
After installing plugins, we were able to quickly and easily integrate with our Salesforce SandBox and study for Flutter, executing commands directly from Visual Studio IDE without having to open terminals to execute them.
We use Visual Studio for our Business Intelligence needs - creating SSIS packages, SSRS Reports, and SSAS Cubes. Other departments use it for creating dynamic websites using JavaScript and HTML5.
Pros
SSIS is easy to implement and update.
Integration with TFS and GIT is easy.
Cons
The command line interface isn't very responsive.
Having to search for the missing SSRS tools menu is a pain.
Likelihood to Recommend
Works really well in a Microsoft stack shop. We use it for all of our business intelligence projects and some of the app/web projects.
Our company has 40+ websites, 30+ stand-alone applications, 80+ web APIs and 25+ Windows services and we use Visual Studio as our main developing tool. It is used by a team of 8 to 15 very experienced employees on a daily basis. It's the premium tool, the single most important tool, to drive all IT development.
Pros
Debugging: no other tool can debug so thoroughly as Visual Studio
Integration through NuGet: extremely easy
Cons
Integration with devops (GIT) is cumbersome. Very buggy. Complains very often, where other tools solve the issue effortlessly.
Lately it nags about wanting you to implement "Application insights". I can't make it clear that I don't want it. Ever.
Likelihood to Recommend
Less appropriate: javascript development. I know it's not a core responsibility, but it would make life easier. GIT integration should be made less buggy. Right now we use other tools for GIT only because Visual Studio keeps giving errors after intense use with multiple developers working on the same branch.
Best suited for: Web API, backend development, Windows services, testing and debugging.
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