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For C++/.NET Developers: What's your preference Visual Studio or Visual Studio Code?

Survey period: 29 Jul 2019 to 5 Aug 2019

With one you get a full IDE, with the other you get cross platform support and a world of extensions and no price tag. Which do you prefer?

OptionVotes% 
Visual Studio71368.23
Visual Studio Code524.98
I like both equally595.65
Depends on the project I'm working on15614.93
I don't use either656.22



 
GeneralI'm using.... Pin
Chris Losinger4-Aug-19 9:24
professionalChris Losinger4-Aug-19 9:24 
GeneralI asnwered VisualStudio Pin
den2k881-Aug-19 21:15
professionalden2k881-Aug-19 21:15 
GeneralVisual Studio for C++ and C#, VS Code for Python Pin
Rick Shaub30-Jul-19 8:34
Rick Shaub30-Jul-19 8:34 
GeneralI've tried both ... Pin
MSBassSinger30-Jul-19 3:49
professionalMSBassSinger30-Jul-19 3:49 
GeneralVSCode for me... Pin
Stuart Dootson29-Jul-19 22:10
professionalStuart Dootson29-Jul-19 22:10 
GeneralRe: VSCode for me... Pin
Matt McGuire30-Jul-19 4:39
professionalMatt McGuire30-Jul-19 4:39 
GeneralTo be honest... Pin
M.Vo.29-Jul-19 20:57
M.Vo.29-Jul-19 20:57 
GeneralVSCode? Pin
#realJSOP29-Jul-19 3:47
professional#realJSOP29-Jul-19 3:47 
GeneralRe: VSCode? Pin
Dean Roddey29-Jul-19 10:59
Dean Roddey29-Jul-19 10:59 
GeneralRe: VSCode? Pin
Mike Diack30-Jul-19 0:10
Mike Diack30-Jul-19 0:10 
GeneralRe: VSCode? Pin
Nemanja Trifunovic30-Jul-19 3:15
Nemanja Trifunovic30-Jul-19 3:15 
GeneralRe: VSCode? Pin
Dean Roddey31-Jul-19 12:47
Dean Roddey31-Jul-19 12:47 
GeneralRe: VSCode? Pin
Fabio Franco30-Jul-19 2:52
professionalFabio Franco30-Jul-19 2:52 
GeneralRe: VSCode? Pin
#realJSOP30-Jul-19 6:17
professional#realJSOP30-Jul-19 6:17 
GeneralRe: VSCode? Pin
Fabio Franco30-Jul-19 21:23
professionalFabio Franco30-Jul-19 21:23 
GeneralRe: VSCode? Pin
#realJSOP31-Jul-19 4:45
professional#realJSOP31-Jul-19 4:45 
GeneralRe: VSCode? Pin
Fabio Franco31-Jul-19 5:35
professionalFabio Franco31-Jul-19 5:35 
GeneralRe: VSCode? Pin
#realJSOP31-Jul-19 6:03
professional#realJSOP31-Jul-19 6:03 
GeneralRe: VSCode? Pin
Fabio Franco31-Jul-19 22:45
professionalFabio Franco31-Jul-19 22:45 
GeneralRe: VSCode? Pin
Mladen Janković2-Aug-19 10:55
Mladen Janković2-Aug-19 10:55 
GeneralRe: VSCode? Pin
GuyThiebaut3-Aug-19 7:43
professionalGuyThiebaut3-Aug-19 7:43 
Generalwow Pin
honey the codewitch29-Jul-19 2:40
mvahoney the codewitch29-Jul-19 2:40 
i'm surprised so many people here DON'T use visual studio, given how heavily C# centric this site tends to be.
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.

GeneralVS for debugging, VS Code for coding Pin
Nemanja Trifunovic29-Jul-19 1:56
Nemanja Trifunovic29-Jul-19 1:56 
GeneralExpressions 4 Pin
W Balboos, GHB29-Jul-19 1:09
W Balboos, GHB29-Jul-19 1:09 
GeneralTo paraphrase Steve Balmer... Pin
OriginalGriff28-Jul-19 22:37
mveOriginalGriff28-Jul-19 22:37 

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