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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 
I may be wrong, but it seems to me that VS Code is intended as a rewrite of Visual Studio for multiple platforms. MS starts off with the basics for just coding - the VS Code we have today. In time, I see MS putting in, step by step, release by release, all the functionality that is in Visual Studio.

Since .NET is merging to one library, .NET 5 sometime next year, then it stands to reason that if .NET can run on so many platforms, it makes sense to eventually get Visual Studio with all its functionality to run on those platforms as the same application - Windows, Linux, or macOS.

I will stick with Visual Studio on Windows or Mac for the productivity benefits.
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 
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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