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Enterprise Solutions Department Manager at Smart Vision
A standalone source code editor that has a useful IDE
Pros and Cons
- "I like the IDE or the integrated development environment. It's the best IDE."
- "IntelliSense could be better."
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
I like the IDE or the integrated development environment. It's the best IDE.
What needs improvement?
IntelliSense could be better.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Microsoft Visual Studio for 20 years.
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What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Stability is excellent.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Scalability is excellent. We have about 15 developers using this solution in our organization.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup was straightforward. It took less than 30 minutes to implement this solution.
What about the implementation team?
We deployed this solution in-house.
What was our ROI?
We have received a return on our investment.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Licensing costs are reasonable.
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 ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
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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?
Microsoft Visual Studio is used for developing and typing code.
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.
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
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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: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Developer at a tech services company
The price is good and I don't need any special software to run this program
Pros and Cons
- "I like it that I don't need any special software to run this program."
- "In the next version I would like to see a better development tool."
What is our primary use case?
Our primary use case of this solution is to develop and maintain the main programs of the company for which we work.
What is most valuable?
I really like the distributed software programming on the Windows platform and also we need to develop on this platform since the company's computers work with the Windows network. I like that I don't need any additional software to develop on this platform.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Microsoft Visual Studio ( /products/microsoft-visual-studio-reviews ) for more than ten years now.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I haven't had any issues with the stability of this solution.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I believe the solution is scalable and we can increase our number of developers. We currently have 15 users.
How are customer service and technical support?
We don't really use technical support. Whenever we have an issue, we search on the internet for a solution.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We used other solutions before, but we decided to switch to Microsoft Visual Studio because it is the best solution for developing the Windows platform. We considered using Delphi Solutions, but few people were familiar with the platform, so we chose Visual Studio. More people use Visual Studio.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The solution comes at a good price and, even though there are free versions out there on the market, I still prefer this product because I like its interface.
What other advice do I have?
My advice to others is to simply install it and use it. I am really satisfied with this solution. My rating is eight out of ten. In the next version, I would like to see a better development tool. The current Mobile Application Development is very integrated.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Contractor/ Developer at a computer software company with 11-50 employees
User-friendly, reliable, and has a good online community support
Pros and Cons
- "It's a useful integrated development environment."
- "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.
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Works at a manufacturing company with 5,001-10,000 employees
It is flexible enough to let me use Git as well as its own version control mechanism. It would be nice if its extensions and updates could self-correct.
Pros and Cons
- "We use TFS for our scrums, which links our tasks to actual code changes."
- "It is also flexible enough to let me use Git as well as its own version control mechanism."
- "It would be nice if Visual Studio's extensions and updates could self-correct, if they are not working or disabled, and also inform the user."
What is our primary use case?
Creating web sites and APIs using Angular, jQuery, MVC, and Web API. Desktop and server side assets are primarily in C#, however I use it to edit older ASPX pages for web apps written in VB.NET.
How has it helped my organization?
It is an excellent IDE, but the corporate features are what set it apart. We use TFS for our scrums, which links our tasks to actual code changes.
What is most valuable?
Personally, in my job as a developer, the version control system has been very helpful. It is also flexible enough to let me use Git as well as its own version control mechanism.
What needs improvement?
It would be nice if Visual Studio's extensions and updates could self-correct, if they are not working or disabled, and also inform the user. Lately, for example, NuGet Package Manager has failed gracefully, but it did not say why.
For how long have I used the solution?
More than five years.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Works
Support for many languages and cross-platform development makes it highly versatile
What is our primary use case?
C++ desktop development.
How has it helped my organization?
It's easy to use and has a highly customizable IDE that is good for cross-platform development.
What is most valuable?
Support for many languages and cross-platform development makes it highly versatile.
What needs improvement?
Support for spell checking comments should be inbuilt and automatically installed.
For how long have I used the solution?
More than five years.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Ingeniero de DevOps at Babel Software
WPF is helpful for rendering user interface, and there is a lot of information on the web about it
Pros and Cons
- "Windows Presentation Foundation or WPF is valuable. It's a tool to give clients a user interface for Windows applications. The summary for mobile applications is also very useful."
- "There could be some features for YAML pipelines in Visual Studio."
What is our primary use case?
I am a DevOps engineer. I work from Ecuador for clients around LatAm, principally banks. I work with the banks that use DevOps continuous integration and continuous deployment. I also work with Visual Studio.
What is most valuable?
Windows Presentation Foundation or WPF is valuable. It's a tool to give clients a user interface for Windows applications. The summary for mobile applications is also very useful.
What needs improvement?
You need a lot of RAM to run the applications with Visual Studio and Unity. For example, if you want to do work on a game, you need a lot of resources or RAM for Visual Studio and Unity.
There could be some features related to Azure DevOps. There could be some features for YAML pipelines in Visual Studio.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using this solution for 14 years.
How are customer service and support?
We can find a lot of information on the internet when we have any issues.
What other advice do I have?
I would rate it a 10 out of 10.
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