Survey Results - Which versions of Visual Studio are you using?

Re: VS6 vs. VS2013

Dan Neely21-Jan-15 2:55

21-Jan-15 2:55

The most plausible explantion for those results is that that survey was created by users on www.vb6-for-evaaar.net and its users then created a bunch of sock puppet accounts to stuff the ballot box enough that anyone else who saw it would just roll their eyes and not even bother to cast a legit vote to try and unfubar the results.

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Re: VS6 vs. VS2013

ISpliter21-Jan-15 12:06

ISpliter

21-Jan-15 12:06

Nop, that it is a real poll. Look at the users and time stamps.

Because Visual Basic 6 (VB6) can be installed on any Windows system and is supported by Microsoft at least until 2024, VB6 has gained popularity, again, since 2013.

And that is not the only poll like this:

Poll 2:
http://www.theranking.com/best-programing-language-in-the-world_r36102[^]

Poll 3:
http://www.theranking.com/what-is-the-best-programming-language-ever_r43672[^]

I use 2008 - 2013

Brisingr Aerowing20-Jan-15 8:48

Brisingr Aerowing

20-Jan-15 8:48

2008 & 2010 are used for building Python extensions, while 2012 is used for MSVC 12 stuff and 2013 is my main version.

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Because of inadequate testing resources...

Gary R. Wheeler20-Jan-15 6:04

Gary R. Wheeler

20-Jan-15 6:04

... we are developing and maintaining software with Visual Studio .NET on one group of products, and 2008 on the rest.

Every time we've tried to convince the Pointy-Haired Bosses that we need to upgrade, they've insisted on a full bore regression test after the conversion. There aren't resources available for the testing, so no conversion.

Even though the tool chains haven't received support in years.

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Two versions

RUs12320-Jan-15 1:43

RUs123

20-Jan-15 1:43

I use 2013 at my job - didn't really have a choice there, but I like it a lot.

At home I use the community edition, as I don't work on any bigger projects.

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Squeakers0920-Jan-15 1:23

Squeakers09

20-Jan-15 1:23

2013 at my proper job
2015 for my start-up's stuff
and monaco[^] for small projects, when it's just some html, bootstrap and angular.

I'm VS every year!

MacSpudster19-Jan-15 9:54

MacSpudster

19-Jan-15 9:54

Oh, wait, you mean VS doesn't stand for Very Sexy? Poke tongue | ;-P

2013 and 2012

jkirkerx19-Jan-15 9:22

jkirkerx

19-Jan-15 9:22

I use 2013 for Windows Apps, and 2012 for Web Apps
I really don't see much difference between the 2, but on 2013, I don't care for the licensing when using a MSDN Subscription. You have to fire it up every week or the license goes stale.

I wish I could always use the most latest VS...

Maximilien19-Jan-15 8:11

Maximilien

19-Jan-15 8:11

For C/C++ code.

Most of the time our 3rd party library do not support most recent versions of Visual Studio, so there is no point in upgrading.

I'd rather be phishing!

I guess it wasn't meant to be...

Sander Rossel19-Jan-15 8:00

Sander Rossel

19-Jan-15 8:00

I've been using VS2010 professionally since it came out in 2010...
Personally I've been using VS2013 for a while now and I love it.

Now at my old job they didn't see the need for updating (I guess that's expensive and VS2010 IS a good product as well). Now I left them and they were planning to update to 2013 since they could use the free Community Edition as they're a small company.
Somehow they did think it was important to update SQL Server (Management Studio) as we had 2005, 2008, 2012 and 2014...

Now at my new company they are using... 2010... Dead | X|

Way to big for the free Community Edition, but not wanting to spend on a newer VS. They're now waiting for 2015. So I guess I'll be using 2010 for another year...

Gimme that sweet 2013+ goodness!
Personally I'll certainly update to 2015 if Microsoft releases another sweet free Community Edition!

The best IDE of them all must be Notepad though! Big Grin | :-D

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Re: I guess it wasn't meant to be...

kmoorevs19-Jan-15 11:51

kmoorevs

19-Jan-15 11:51

Thanks for sharing. I have been on VS 2010 for about 3 years now, and haven't tried anything newer. Just yesterday I downloaded the VS 2013 CE and am putting on a laptop to see if I like it. Judging from your post, I may just wind up replacing 2010 on my next build.

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Pencil and paper

Slacker00719-Jan-15 3:25

Slacker007

19-Jan-15 3:25

I do all my coding on post it notes.

Re: Pencil and paper

DJ van Wyk19-Jan-15 19:54

DJ van Wyk

19-Jan-15 19:54

That must be b*tch to compile and deploy.

My plan is to live forever ... so far so good

Re: Pencil and paper

den2k8819-Jan-15 20:31

den2k88

19-Jan-15 20:31

To be b*tch OR to compile and deploy, that's what interns are for.

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Re: Pencil and paper

Slacker00720-Jan-15 1:48

Slacker007

20-Jan-15 1:48

Not really. It compiles as I write and self deploys.

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VS2010 and VS2013

John M. Drescher19-Jan-15 2:25

John M. Drescher

19-Jan-15 2:25

As a c++ programmer who primarily writes Qt4 applications I develop everything in Visual Studio 2010 but build my releases in Visual Studio 2013. One reason for this is I very much prefer the Vs2010 IDE over the IDE in 2012 and above. The second reason is the debug visualizer for Qt4 supports up to VS2010. I have updated a visualizer for 2013 but it is not as complete.

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vim

Nemanja Trifunovic19-Jan-15 2:24

Nemanja Trifunovic

19-Jan-15 2:24

The primary development platform at work is 64-bit Linux, and the supported IDE is Eclipse which I absolutely can't stand, so it is "The Unix IDE" for me: vim+cgdb+screen+ctags.

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Re: vim

OriginalGriff19-Jan-15 8:34

OriginalGriff

19-Jan-15 8:34

Time to change jobs? Laugh | :laugh:

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Re: vim

Nemanja Trifunovic21-Jan-15 3:32

Nemanja Trifunovic

21-Jan-15 3:32

No, I like it. This guy[^] should change jobs, IMHO Smile | :)

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Re: vim

OriginalGriff21-Jan-15 4:05

OriginalGriff

21-Jan-15 4:05

90% VB6? Brrrrr....

Perhaps he should change lives, not jobs... Unsure | :~

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Re: vim

Dominic Burford21-Jan-15 2:12

Dominic Burford

21-Jan-15 2:12

I actually shuddered reading that Laugh | :laugh:

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VS2008 & VS2013

pjaar8919-Jan-15 1:56

pjaar89

19-Jan-15 1:56

We went on VS2013 for all winforms and ASP.NET projects but we must stay on VS2008 for all Windows CE and Windows Mobile projects

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C^hris L^osinger19-Jan-15 1:49

C^hris L^osinger

19-Jan-15 1:49

because we make builds of our libs for all of those VS versions.

but i do primary dev in 2008 and 2013.

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2008, 2010, 2013, 2015

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter19-Jan-15 1:35

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

19-Jan-15 1:35

It depends on the project. I do not update old project when need maintenance, but new project goes to new VS. 2015 is for all the test projects...

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Graham Cottle19-Jan-15 0:19

Graham Cottle

19-Jan-15 0:19

2012 for my main development
2010 for SSIS
2008 for the occasional printing, so that I can see code printed in colour. The 2010 and 2012 colour printing functions are awful with huge margins and no control of how it is printed

It would be nice to have all back in the one IDE again.

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Option	Votes	%
Visual Studio 2015	160	4.79
Visual Studio 2013	1,465	43.84
Visual Studio 2012	748	22.38
Visual Studio 2010	1,010	30.22
Visual Studio 2008	439	13.14
Visual Studio 2005	153	4.58
Visual Studio .NET	49	1.47
Visual Studio 6	802	24.00
I do not use Visual Studio and never have.	82	2.45
I have used, but no longer use Visual Studio. I have moved on.	138	4.13
Responses	3,342
Respondents were allowed to choose more than one answer; totals may not add up to 100%