We performed a comparison between Microsoft Visual Studio and Zend Studio based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, Adobe, FourJs and others in .NET Development Services."The stability is fine."
"While you're coding, it's really nice to be able to print stuff out and make sure that all the data is being organized the way you want it to be."
"It's a universal solution. I like that I can easily find software developers for it. I can easily find staff on Microsoft forums. Also, we have other components that are running on top of Visual Studio. I like that it is open to other platforms. Finally, there are many many resources for Microsoft Visual Studio and I can easily find support. There is a large knowledge base for it as well."
"You can easily create, edit, and test any software and develop applications for all the major platforms, including cloud, desktop, and mobile."
"We use the solution to develop applications."
"The solution can scale."
"Microsoft Visual Studio is a must-have tool if you work in Windows environments."
"We use TFS for our scrums, which links our tasks to actual code changes."
"It has the ability to jump to any file in your project with a few keystrokes, as well as the ability to command-click on any token in your code and have it jump to the token's definition."
"It has higher quality code, faster debugging, and higher quality projects."
"Its setup process could be more straightforward."
"Sometimes, the deprecation of packages can be a challenge."
"Visual Studio Team System needs to improve documentation."
"I would like to see more tools in the next release."
"What I don't like about Microsoft Visual Studio is its user interface. It could be better. WebStorm is a better solution for me as it has a good user interface and is more user-friendly, though my friends like Microsoft Visual Studio. I worked with WebStorm for the web layer, and for the server layer, I worked with IBM Eclipse which is my favorite software. I also dealt with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS through Angular."
"The technical support can be slow."
"I would like the solution to have a designing default in addition to the current coding default."
"Every time it updates, there are issues."
"Stability is sometimes lacking in updates."
"The debugger often has problems determining where to map files to local projects."
"Most recent set of patches (2018) on Mac OS X caused the app to crash when you would cut more than 10 lines of code. Apparently, this was due to a bug in Eclipse, but regardless, it took several months for Zend to post a patch."
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Microsoft Visual Studio is ranked 1st in .NET Development Services with 79 reviews while Zend Studio is ranked 8th in .NET Development Services. Microsoft Visual Studio is rated 8.4, while Zend Studio is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Microsoft Visual Studio writes "Easy to use, works well in the Microsoft Windows ecosystem, and integrates well with Git". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Zend Studio writes "It has higher quality code, faster debugging, and higher quality projects". Microsoft Visual Studio is most compared with SharePoint Designer, Genero and Microsoft Silverlight, whereas Zend Studio is most compared with .
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