About Microsoft Visual Studio
Microsoft Visual Studio pricing
Microsoft Visual Studio has a free version and offers a free trial. Microsoft Visual Studio paid version starts at US$45.00/month.
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Microsoft Visual Studio Reviews
Feature rating
- Industry: Design
- Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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This tools is a example to be followed.
I use day by day working with game development integrated with Unity and to prepare classes as a Professor in the area.
Pros
Microsoft Visual Studio is very well integrated to other tools for application and games programming. It is plenty of highlights and default settings that help the workflow! You only need to install and use, is much enough. But, it is possible customize as much as you want too. One of my favorite computational tools.
Cons
Sometimes it can be heavy for some computational systems, but it is not a big setback, because there is lighter version.
- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Visual Studio Great for All Developers
It allows me to fix errors and rebuild so that I can complete projects. It is easy to use so that I can focus purely on projects. I have experienced the following benefits: 1. Increased UI enhancement through Razor Pages, and Web Applications, 2. Comes standard with Bootstrap 3 and can be increased to 4. 3. Several languages and frameworks are added when updates occur. Note: user must download update via tools within visual studio.
Pros
Visual studio allows me to create dynamic web applications and websites for my clients and projects. It allows for database creation, code development and UI development. I would highly recommend it for anyone who wants to develop websites and web applications.
Cons
Slow Boot up time, slow build times, memory hog, increased CPU use. Recommended: Core i7 CPU processor or greater with at least 8GB RAM or higher.
Alternatives Considered
IntelliJ IDEAReasons for Switching to Microsoft Visual Studio
Visual Studio is Microsoft based and is the easiest to use with C#, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, ASP.NET, MVC and other front-end and web application based projects.- Industry: Business Supplies & Equipment
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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Creation
There are no commercial problems, on the contrary, using this technology helped me to develop my business - many benefits, including making anything you need and making all the ideas in your mind.
Pros
Creativity in design and intellectual liberation - yes - yes because of the ease of use
Cons
It is possible to improve some aids and use artificial intelligence - no - no because of the ease of delivery
- Industry: Computer Software
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Visual Studio - a necessary evil in MS-land
I have had a love/hate relationship with Visual Studio for nearly 25 years. I've used it since it first came out as "Visual InterDev" back in the late 90s. Over the years I've learned that anything that Visual Studio automates for you will likely come back to haunt you. Couple that with the Visual Studio development team's inability to properly support legacy projects and it's a recipe for heartbreak, frustration, and thousands of lost work hours.
Now that I use JetBrains Rider for the majority of my .NET coding, I see that most of my suffering over the years was unnecessary.
Pros
For developing Microsoft-based software, Visual Studio is sometimes the only tool that really gets the job done. It can, on occasion and in very specific development scenarios, be very helpful and intuitive to use. In recent years, its performance and usability in those narrow scenarios has improved significantly.
Cons
Visual Studio is an outright pig when it comes to performance and memory handling. It is unreliable as an application, crashing often and typically freezing up several times during a development session. This can often be due to the fact that you aren't doing things in the "Microsoft way" but that way is usually not realistic when it comes to getting actual projects done.
- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Monthly for 6-12 months
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Microsoft Visual Studio
-Multiple Language Support-User-Friendly Interface-Updates and Improvements
Pros
-Feature-rich IDE-Intuitive User Interface-Integration with Microsoft Ecosystem-Extensibility-Debugging and Diagnostics Tools-Continuous Improvement-Community and Support-Cross-platform Development
Cons
-Resource Intensive-Installation Size-Updates and Stability-Steep Learning Curve-License and Pricing-Lack of Intuitive Features-Integration Limitations-Performance on Large Solutions
