Microsoft Visual Studio Reviews

Pros

1. It's free.
2. It integrates a terminal in the editor
3. It has flawless code coloring for any language or library there is.
4. You can open multiple terminals
5. It manages your repo

Cons

Nothing, there is nothing that I don't like, I don't like that it doesn't write code for me aside from that I literally am dumbfounded at how I lived without it.

Pros

Since 2007, I have used Visual Studio for all of my app development. It is indeed the best tool I have ever come across. Possibilities are endless, from legacy WinForms apps to Web Apps and services, Visual Studio is able to provide you with an easy to use, stable and reliable platform to build your apps on. I am a C# developer who uses it every single day. Built-in features like code-completion and code validation makes it easy for even the beginner to learn. Since Azure came along, deployments have become even simpler, whether published directly, or through Source Control. Another cool thing about Visual Studio is that with every new version, new tools are introduced and new types of projects as well. This makes all of those projects that used to take days to put together, a mere selection of a project type and all of the initial code and structure is generated automatically. Then there's the debugging tools, Nuget, Server explorer, Team explorer and the list just goes on. All of these tools and features in Visual Studio makes it the most powerful of its kind in my opinion and I am sure many others. Microsoft also introduced Visual Studio Community Editions a few years back, which makes it even easier for newbies to start their development careers hassle free.

Cons

For certain project types, certain versions of Visual Studio work best, so I often switch between 2012, 2015 and 2017. I found that 2012 works nicely with older(.NET Framework 4 and below), 2015 for all recent apps, while 2017 works better if you need to debug Azure Websites. Other than that, the IDE has stayed pretty much the same, which is awesome. Nuget packaes sometimes have issues, but I don't use them that often, so I am not really affected negatively by that. The initial install of Visual Studio 2015 and above are web installers, which takes even longer than older versions, so I dread new installs, but after the install, all is good.

Pros

Here is a list of reasons why we adopt Microsoft Visual Studio for development:

1. It supports more than 60 programming languages.

2. Team foundation server feature is awesome where we can deploy our changes on server very easily and can rollback the same with ease.

3. Dock able features of script tabs and windows make it easy to handle various windows at same time.

4. It provides script bundling and it is just easy process.

5. Visual Studio provide inbuilt sample code templates and by using them we can same development time up to large extent.

6. We can integarte third party tools with ease.

7. Intelligence window is one prominent feature.

8. Intermediate language debugging is very good feature.

9. We can edit images or icons with inbulit editor and no need to go for other third party editing tools.

10. Last not the least is that its a quality unit testing features.

Cons

I never noticed any cons till now but below are some suggestions if Microsoft can add:

1. Team foundation branching is quite complex.

2. Software is quite taking high CPU memory and takes 3-5 minutes during initial loading and its too bulky and taking near about 3 GB space in c drive.

3. Licence fee is quite high because its a brand product but it is okay if we are dealing with quality software which is highly reliable in current competetion.

Pros

Visual Studio is a nicely customizable IDE that allows users to make their workspace look like they want it do. I particularly like that the layout/visibility of all of the tools can be automatically switched between when your app is running vs when it isn't. I also really like that you can change and customize the IDE's theme. I use the Dark theme and then customized the colors a little bit to be more appealing.

Cons

Visual studio seems to struggle with large applications. We have an application that has over 20 different projects in the solution and it appears to struggle with rebuilding all of the projects in the correct order(due to dependencies) sometimes. Also, we have a recurring issue where a dependency that we used to have (a specific version of SQLite) keeps coming back even though we have repeatedly attempted to remove it from all projects. On top of that, VS sometimes locks up and eventually crashes once every few weeks (I use it 5 days a week, so really this doesn't happen frequently). The crash might have something to do with starting and stopping the solution 10-20 times a day.

Pros

I'm a Technical Support Assistant at ISG Academy - (Pvt) Ltd. I'm Using Visual Studio since 2016. It's the best Integrated development environment for the developers. Visual Studio also supported in Windows and Mac-OS operating systems. We can use Visual Studio to develop applications for Windows, iOS, Android, Mac, web, and cloud. Not only that, Visual Studio IDE also having so many features. It allows us to write code accurately and efficiently without losing spellings in keywords and fix code issues while we are typing the code. When we using visual studio, we have so many features embedded like Visual Studio Team Services, Visual Studio App Center, Visual Studio Subscriptions & Dev Essentials etc. Visual studio Is the best IDE that I used since 2016, I recommend this to any developers, that love to code.

Cons

Visual Studio is the best IDE. But Sometimes It uses computer memory, more than the required amount.
And also, Sometimes Visual studio IDE get stuck with the message "Not Responding". If they can release a lite version of Visual Studio IDE, It's the best Integrated development environment for any developers, with any computer. But when considering other softwares, Visual Studio is the best. I recommend Visual Studio IDE for any user.

Pros

Visual Studio by Microsoft is a very used tool in the field of work linked to software development. In the work environment, I can work, at the same time, on different projects and frameworks for the same solution. Furthermore, this suite allows me to run multiple projects and debug them simultaneously. In addition, it is compatible with old and current technologies. That is, I can work from framework 2.0 to 6.0. For the specialists on the theme of software development, it is considered a quickly understand and learning work tool.

Cons

Visual Studio by Microsoft is a very good work tool. However, it requires much of hardware resources for its installation and operation. The software developer who wants to use this suite must have a computer with sufficient features (CPU, memory, hard disk, graphics card) so that the application can be installed completly and used to its full potential. If the software developer do not have a good machine it takes a long time to install and load Visual Studio.

Pros

There are oh so many things to like about Visual Studio, from the wide array of languages which are supported to the great intellisense which greatly speeds up development. Visual Studio is commonly known for development with .NET languages such as C#, VB and F#, however it also has support for Python and the latest versions of C++. This makes Visual Studio an incredible IDE for if you use one of these higher level languages in your daily job as well as the lower level C++ as you would only need to have a single IDE installed, Visual Studio.

Visual Studio also has a massive store of plugins which can be installed with your Visual Studio to increase your efficiency of quality of life. One of these incredible plugins allows you to stream your project to a fellow developer, this has allowed me to help friends countless times and all in real time with really low latency.

Cons

Considering the amount of powerful features included with Visual Studio it will come as no surprise to know that it can take up a fair amount of hard drive space and can become quite slow to load. However, this seems to have been improved in the latest version but nonetheless, an SSD would improve your performance a ton if you choose to use this IDE.

Pros

Visual Studio facilitates advanced interface while product/project development for an advanced developer like me as well as being simple for a novice at the same time. I develop all of my front end web applications on it. Many of our clients include people from the engineering domain that tend to solve a lot of real world problems with code. And no doubt, Visual Studio has been at the forefront in development phase.

Cons

The pricing can be made more economic for developers who are on a tight budget for the development of projects. I myself feel that the pricing can be improved in terms of paying for the application. If the team manages to reduce the pricing , a lot of developer folks out there may get onboard the 'Visual Studio' journey. Other one is the package control can be made more intuitive and more demanding for more integration in the process. Despite being lightweight, Visual Studio should provide more simulators and heavyweight modules as a full fledged IDE. People can obtain more insights from editor for data science if Sublime Text provides functionalities like graphical outputs, visualizations and demographs.

Pros

This piece of software is an essential part of my day to day work. For development, nothing beats a good IDE. The amount of tools and features it provides along with the organizational structure keeps work flowing smoothly. Here are a few things that are very useful:

1) Building is done with a simple click of a button. No makefile needed or complicated compilation setups.
2) Shortcuts to improve productivity such as when we Ctrl + click on a method name and get immediately take to its definition
3) Powerful debugging tools. You can step through the code line by line, set watches for variables, and even attach the debugger to a remote process in order to debug a Visual Studio application on a different computer.
4) New Roslyn .NET compiler platform integration allows for smarter suggestions and improvements thanks to the on the fly compilation. Errors are quickly found with this.

Cons

Can be a little slow at times as it is a large piece of software, but it is honestly one of the best for professional development.

Pros

- High flexibility due to its compatibility of projects with many different languages.
- The "Solution Explorer" is an easy way to keep track of the various files and libraries included in your projects.
- The "NuGet Package Manager" extension is an easy and intuitive way to produce and obtain packages for your projects.
- The included "Autocompletion" makes writing repetitive code structures fast and easy.

Cons

- Installation can take a very long time if you intend to use it for multiple languages.
- Running larger projects with many opened files can run slowly (especially on computers with less than 8 GB of RAM).
- Not very lightweight due to including features that may not be necessary for all projects.

Pros

It is by far the best IDE for .NET application. I have used this for 4 years now for C# programming along with Selenium for Automated testing. It provides good Intellisense, efficient debug tools, extensions, contextual help. You can also use other languages by accessing necessary plugins and extensions. It is easy to create you own repository, clone repository, switch between branches, commit code, create a Pull Request, commit changes for Conflicts in code between 2 branches while merging.

Cons

I dislike the fact that sometimes the UI just freezes and you have to exit the application and re-open. They release new version so frequently that it can be a pain at times to keep up with their updates. Large projects does not load instantly if you do not open in Admin mode. Sometimes, it unnecessarily adds random changes in your commit - which you did not even add code for!

Pros

This is the best IDE for the .Net systems. I have use this software for 2+ years. Mainly I'm still using this software for my selenium web driver testing- Automation with c# and Unit testing. This is very user friendly software and have the ability to change themes. My favorite theme is Black. This is very easy to Run tests and debug tests. This is clearly displaying passed, failed test and actual and expected outputs in Test Manager. My most favorite thing is Intellisense. This giving more fun to code.

Cons

This takes lot of time to install and load large projects.When I going to commit, It loads unnecessary files. Some times test cases are not running properly because of the automatically generated temporary files. In this kind of situation need to restart the software again.

Pros

The autocomplete feature in Visual Studio really makes it easier to code, specially if you are new to .net and still learning , this feature makes everything easy. Also for RPA implementations I use UIPath and .net. This program makes developing easy as I can cross check every code in Visual Studio for validation and then use it in UiPath. Also one of the best features of this software is that its customised UI for beginners as well as non programmers, which makes everything simple and easy.

Cons

This program takes a lot of space and processing power. Also it eats up the RAM, making your computer to function slower. Newer versions of this software takes longer to boot up and load. It's not possible to have two instances opened at the same time as it can crash the machine.

Pros

1. With help of SSIS tool we can fetch data from any source , clean and transform the huge amount raw data to structured form and store it into sql server DB.
2. With help of SSAS tools we can process data in SQL Server DB for high throughput and low latency.
3. With help of SSRS tools we can fetch data for SSAS DB or SQL Server DB to design dynamic data for production reports.

Cons

1. SSAS service takes an enormous amount of time to process huge data.
2. Installing SSDT tool kit in VS is difficult, we need SQL Server Admin help.

Pros

What I like about Visual Studio that it is an IDE (integrated development environment) with a wide range of options for development.
It's useful for creating everything from mobile apps, desktop apps, web apps and the new, 2019 version, promises development options for artificial intelligence and machine learning.
And all of this is free with the community edition of visual studio.

Cons

Some errors and bugs that occur during development are hard to resolve and there aren't always easy to find solutions to these errors. It would be really helpful if there was more easy to find help from the dev team.
Other than that I have no complains for Visual Studio.

Pros

1. The search feature is really good in the Visual Studio Code..
2. VS Code and Community editions gave a huge benefit for developers opting for open source development.

Cons

Earlier versions of visual studio is a heavy build taking more ram and needed a license for each developer including fresher.

Now with community edition, I do not have any dislike features

Pricing can be reduced for Team Services edition and move towards open source and thus making AngularJS more intellisense.

Pros

Visual Studio has made development so easy and fast due to the following reasons:
1)A developer can easily do unit testing in Visual Studio IDE as it allows the user to run individual modules of code.
2.)Visual Studio is great for web, desktop, and database development projects.
3.)The online community of Visual Studio is best among other IDE community support as you receive quick solution to the problem as soon as you post your problem in the community forum.

Cons

The only con to Visual studio is its User interface as it becomes very boring to code on an interface which has no plugins and drag and drops options.

Pros

Visual Studio is one of the best software IDE due to it's fabulous features. I have created different kind of software programs using Visual Studio. The main adavantage is we can use various platforms. Most of the modern world Software IDEs support only one programming language. But Visual Studio supports more than one programming languages.It is very easy to code using Visual Studio.So it is very useful software for me for my computer studies.

Cons

Visual Studio provides complete environment for the developers.So we can access many functions and features same time,due to that reason sometimes it carshes.But it's best software development IDE of mine.

Pros

I love the integrations. I work on an agile software development team. We use GitHub for our version control and PR reviews. The GitHub integrations for Visual Studio make it ridiculously easy to navigation branches.

Cons

Visual Studio is so robust that it is sometimes difficult to learn how to make it do the things I need.

Pros

The Visual Studio team continues to add features and bug fixes. I've used Visual Studio 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, and 2017. This IDE continues to get better and better. They recently improved their update process by using an installer that runs in the background. Aside from this, keyboard shortcuts, keyword highlighting, integration with Git, and Microsoft's IntelliSense are all the reasons why I love VS 2017.

Cons

Ctrl+W used to close the current tab in version 2015, but they removed that in 2017 for some reason. I needed to manually add it to their list of shortcuts to bring it back. Also, the "go to line" function (Ctrl+G) used to run extremely slowly when v2017 first came out. (It's much better now though!)

Pros

Visual Studio has been around for a long time, and has gone through many iterations. It is a mature IDE, providing some of the most advanced editing features for developers.
For developing .NET, .NET Core, Xamarin and lower level windows apps it can't be beaten.
Developing in VS is an easy to understand, visual experience which allows the user huge flexibility in how they work.
As you work, the IDE tries to help you as much as possible, with brilliant auto-complete and code help. Refactoring is also easy, with many helpers to assist you.

Cons

The user experience, although simple, can be daunting to new users. Occasionally the software proves buggy, although this happens less with the newer versions.

Pros

What no to like. It's powerful in any area. It's fast and smooth to work with, I have worked in multiple programming languages and used multiples IDEs and VS give the best experience by far. The reference of the functions used, the refactor options, the integration with version control, the debugging tools (this is OP). I found stuff that can be done with VS years after that increase the productivity of any developer.

Cons

The compatibility with older projects can be frustrating. That shouldn't be that hard. The Intellicence (coding tip thing)sometimes get...dead, and it's very annoying because is crazy useful.

Pros

It's fast (Versions before Visual Studio 2017 weren't fast, but the new version are)
So much eye candy
Integration with almost every development framework
Integration with Azure
Integration with Team foundation server
IntelliSense
Easy to understand architecture
Rapid development (The platform is alive, and new features come almost weekly)
A lot of documentation available

Cons

Version before Visual Studio 2015 were kind of slow (this is not relevant anymore)
No Java development possible (3rd party tools are available, but they aren't any good)

Pros

Visual Studio includes a powerful code editor with support to many extension allow user to customize coding experience to their liking. It is even improved in each version when I think it can not getting better.

VS support many programming languages: C#, C++, Javascript, F# to name a few. The debug tool is powerful with inline value editor, stack trace and performance profile. Live test coverage really helpful for TDD.

Cons

The installation size is huge, for using one SDK I have to install many unwanted things. Multiple product line of VS also confused me (Home, Enterprise, Community, Free ?)

Pros

Supports Multiple display languages.
It is possible to create applications using C #, C ++, VB.net, and more.
It has an advanced code debugger.
It has autocomplete code.
Manage queries towards SQLserver.
The project manager and code is very well dustribuido.
Intellisense is ingenious, it allows you to code without having to consult a manual.

Cons

the consumption of resources can be excessive.
It takes a long time to install.
We continue support for native applications in linux.