Microsoft Visual Studio is used for developing and typing code.
Web Developer at doodleblue
Plenty of extensions, reliable, and useful dark and light modes
Pros and Cons
- "The most valuable features of Microsoft Visual Studio are the availability of many extensions, an interpreter, a code formator, and helpful dark and light modes."
- "The GUI of Microsoft Visual Studio could improve."
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
The most valuable features of Microsoft Visual Studio are the availability of many extensions, an interpreter, a code formator, and helpful dark and light modes.
What needs improvement?
The GUI of Microsoft Visual Studio could improve.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Microsoft Visual Studio for approximately one year.
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What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The performance of Microsoft Visual Studio is fine if you are using a high-level laptop. The solutions require a lot of RAM and other resources.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The scalability of Microsoft Visual Studio is good.
We have 300 to 400 users using this solution in my organization. We have plans to increase usage.
How are customer service and support?
I have not contacted the support from Microsoft Visual Studio because our IT department looks after our support.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup of Microsoft Visual Studio is easy. The process takes approximately 15 to 20 minutes.
What about the implementation team?
We did the implementation of Microsoft Visual Studio in-house.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I am using the free version of Microsoft Visual Studio.
What other advice do I have?
I would recommend this solution to others.
I rate Microsoft Visual Studio a nine out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Deputy Manager at Arya Omnitalk Wireless Solutions Private Limited
Standard scalability, helpful reporting, with good technical support
Pros and Cons
- "I have found that it is scalable."
- "I would like to have more integration with other platforms and technologies."
What is our primary use case?
I use the reporting portion of Microsoft Visual Studio.
What needs improvement?
I would like to have more integration with other platforms and technologies.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Microsoft Visual Studio for about two years now.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I have found that it is scalable. We have some old products and we have a standard expansion platform. As far as scalability goes, I have done a lot of work with access and reporting, finding ways to upgrade the old systems and old platforms, with some newer versions, or migrate to other systems.
How are customer service and support?
I use technical support for database questions.
What other advice do I have?
I would rate Microsoft Visual Studio an eight out of ten.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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CEO at Kapstone Technological Services LLP
High availability and helpful program designing
Pros and Cons
- "Microsoft Visual Studio is stable and the performance was good. However, if you do not have decent hardware you will not have the same experience."
- "Microsoft Visual Studio could improve by being compatible with more operating systems. However, we understand the solution is proprietary to Microsoft."
What is our primary use case?
I use Visual Studio for one of my projects. I was designing programs and it helped me out making programs.
What needs improvement?
Microsoft Visual Studio could improve by being compatible with more operating systems. However, we understand the solution is proprietary to Microsoft.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Microsoft Visual Studio for approximately three years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Microsoft Visual Studio is stable and the performance was good. However, if you do not have decent hardware you will not have the same experience.
How are customer service and support?
I have not used the support from Microsoft.
What other advice do I have?
I would recommend this solution to others.
I rate Microsoft Visual Studio an eight out of ten.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Lead Developer at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
An integrated development environment that performs better than some competing products
Pros and Cons
- "I like that it works fine and that it performs better than competing products. I'm very happy with Microsoft Visual Studio."
- "It would be better if Microsoft Visual Studio didn't get stuck. Sometimes when we are writing code, we open too many tabs and modules, and it gets stuck."
What is our primary use case?
We use it for coding purposes and to integrate the code with the other code. It's helpful to know what bugs are in there.
What is most valuable?
I like that it works fine and that it performs better than competing products. I'm very happy with Microsoft Visual Studio.
What needs improvement?
It would be better if it didn't get stuck. Sometimes when we are writing code, we open too many tabs and modules, and it gets stuck.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Microsoft Visual Studio for about four years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Microsoft Visual Studio is a stable solution.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Microsoft Visual Studio is a scalable solution.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is straightforward. It's not that complex. You can push or pull the code very quickly with some commands. The deployment time depends on how much code you are writing and the internet speed. It won't take much time. For me, on average, we write the code in the morning, and we submit that to the cloud at the end of the day. This takes hardly 15 to 20 minutes.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
We use the free version, and you don't need a license.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
Compared to other platforms, this is the best one. I use Python and Anaconda for Python-related things. So, compared to these, I found Visual Studio to be far better as we can install with all the requirements. We can install most of the other things there.
What other advice do I have?
I would recommend this solution to potential users.
On a scale from one to ten, I would give Microsoft Visual Studio a nine.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Microsoft Azure
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Contractor/ Developer at a computer software company with 11-50 employees
User-friendly, reliable, and has a good online community support
Pros and Cons
- "Basically everything, it's a useful integrated development environment and it is easy and simple to use for me."
- "It is simple to use for most developers and nearly impossible to use for non-developers."
What is our primary use case?
I work as a developer. I code in it using Microsoft Visual Studio.
What is most valuable?
Basically everything. It's a useful integrated development environment.
It is easy to use.
It is simple to use for me.
What needs improvement?
It is simple to use for most developers and nearly impossible to use for non-developers.
For how long have I used the solution?
For the last 10 to 20 years, I've been using various versions of Microsoft Visual Studio.
I am working with the latest version.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Microsoft Visual Studio is a stable solution.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Scalability does not apply to the solution.
I am the only user in my company.
How are customer service and support?
It's good. Again, I'm using the community edition, which is the free version. It's an open-source, free version. It lacks support because I am not paying anything. I'm getting help from various public forums and community websites.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I am familiar with Google Chrome, Gmail, and Visual Studio. I now own a small company that does some development. I am a one-man operation.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I am working with the open-source community version, which is free.
What other advice do I have?
I would recommend this solution to others who are interested in using it.
I would rate Microsoft Visual Studio a nine out of ten.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Modern Data Center and Cloud Engineer II at IE Network Solutions PLC
Smooth running tool for mobile app development
Pros and Cons
- "The most valuable feature is how smoothly it runs."
- "Microsoft should add more visualization for analytical studies or research."
What is our primary use case?
I mainly use Visual Studio for mobile app development and searching libraries or different kinds of programming language.
What is most valuable?
The most valuable feature is how smoothly it runs.
What needs improvement?
Microsoft should add more visualization for analytical studies or research.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've been using Visual Studio for one to two years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Visual Studio is stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I've not found Visual Studio to be scalable.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is a little complex - after installing Visual Studio, you may need to download the particular libraries you want to work with from their repository. Installation took around two to three hours.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
You may have to purchase more hardware utilities like processors or RAM.
What other advice do I have?
I would recommend Visual Studio to other users and would rate it nine out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
CTO at BE1 consultancy
Software development tool that offers a scalable and integrated development environment
Pros and Cons
- "The most valuable aspect of this solution is the integrated development environment, and it also offers a very good integration with Microsoft Cloud."
- "This solution could be integrated with other open-source languages, such as Python and not only C#, .NET or Microsoft development languages."
What is our primary use case?
We use Visual Studio for development and for projects using VS Code and Visual Studio Code.
What is most valuable?
The most valuable aspect of this solution is the integrated development environment. It also offers a very good integration with Microsoft Cloud.
What needs improvement?
This solution could be integrated with other open-source languages, such as Python and not only C#, .NET or Microsoft development languages.
For how long have I used the solution?
We have been using this solution for two years.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
This is a scalable solution. Scalability is not such an important parameter for us because we use this solution as a development tool.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We use NetBeans for Java development. When I compare NetBeans with Visual Studio, Visual Studio is more professional than NetBeans.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is straightforward and took less than half a day.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Yeah, of course. We work to use the Professional Visual Studio, because they have some capabilities for CI/CD pipeline. For that reason, in the future, maybe six months later, we will start to use Visual Studio Professional.
What other advice do I have?
I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Lead Technical Consultant (Information Technology) at a construction company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Beneficial usability, plenty of built-in tools, and documentation available online
Pros and Cons
- "Microsoft Visual Studio's most valuable features are usability. It's an integrated development environment, they have a lot of built-in tools that will be helpful for a new developer to quickly develop their applications, such as mobile applications or web applications."
What is our primary use case?
I am using Microsoft Visual Studio for internal application development within our organization. For example, small application developments.
What is most valuable?
Microsoft Visual Studio's most valuable features are usability. It's an integrated development environment, they have a lot of built-in tools that will be helpful for a new developer to quickly develop their applications, such as mobile applications or web applications.
There are a lot of materials or online resources that are available. Microsoft Visual Studio is easy to figure out and start working on it.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Microsoft Visual Studio for approximately 10 years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The stability of Microsoft Visual Studio is good.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I have not seen any difficulties when scaling Microsoft Visual Studio.
We have four users in the IT department using this solution in my company.
How are customer service and support?
I did not face any issues needed to use the technical support.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I have not used a previous solution.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup of Microsoft Visual Studio is not complex, it is simple. When using Azure DevOps for the deployment of Microsoft Visual Studio it only takes approximately 10 to 15 minutes.
What about the implementation team?
We did the deployment of Microsoft Visual Studio in-house.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The price of Microsoft Visual Studio is reasonable but could be better.
What other advice do I have?
I am satisfied with the solution. I would recommend this solution to others.
I rate Microsoft Visual Studio an eight out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Software Designer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
It's helpful when coding, but I would like to see more detailed error and failure reports
Pros and Cons
- "Visual Studio makes it easier to compile the code and shows me the errors upfront when coding. For example, it will tell me when a reference is incorrect or if there's a mistake within the function calls. I like how it highlights with a red underline so that I know there's an error at that point."
- "Visual Studio makes it easier to compile the code and shows me the errors upfront when coding."
- "I would like to see Visual Studio improve reporting to give us more details on failures. When there are failures, it's difficult to debug. It would be helpful to have more error information to help us to identify the issue and resolve it. I want to know more about software failures and exceptions in the system."
What is most valuable?
Visual Studio makes it easier to compile the code and shows me the errors upfront when coding. For example, it will tell me when a reference is incorrect or if there's a mistake within the function calls. I like how it highlights with a red underline so that I know there's an error at that point.
What needs improvement?
I would like to see Visual Studio improve reporting to give us more details on failures. When there are failures, it's difficult to debug. It would be helpful to have more error information to help us to identify the issue and resolve it. I want to know more about software failures and exceptions in the system.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've been working with Microsoft Visual Studio for around six months.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Visual Studio is quite stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Visual Studio is scalable. I can install the latest modules and run my software through them.
How are customer service and support?
Microsoft support is good enough, though sometimes it could be more responsive.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I've been using CLion IDE on Linux. It's good, but Visual Studio is more intuitive, and Microsoft offers better support.
How was the initial setup?
Visual Studio is straightforward. It was easy to set up and use.
What other advice do I have?
I rate Microsoft Visual Studio seven out of 10.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer. Partner
Information Technology Analyst at a manufacturing company with 501-1,000 employees
It supports multiple languages but the UI could be more user-friendly
Pros and Cons
- "We like Visual Studio because you can choose the different types of languages, like JavaScript, and I think it's better than the other solutions I used."
- "The interface could be more user friendly."
What is most valuable?
We like Visual Studio because you can choose the different types of languages, like JavaScript. I think it's better than the other solutions I used.
What needs improvement?
The interface could be more user friendly.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've been working with Visual Studio for about two years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Yeah. Stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I think it's good.
How are customer service and support?
Microsoft support is quite responsive to our questions.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I used Sublime before.
How was the initial setup?
Straightforward
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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