It's a universal solution. I like that I can easily find software developers for it. I can easily find staff on Microsoft forums. Also, we have other components that are running on top of Visual Studio. I like that it is open to other platforms. Finally, there are many many resources for Microsoft Visual Studio and I can easily find support. There is a large knowledge base for it as well.

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Robert Cattral

Works

Apr 2, 2019

Support for many languages and cross-platform development makes it highly versatile.

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OnyaToochukwu

CEO/Programmer at Tech Elight

Apr 12, 2019

It has been a nice programming language, I love using it, and it has created a really great cordial relationship between my clients and me.

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reviewer1016499

Sr. Managing Consultant - Data Driven Enterprise at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

Aug 13, 2019

The most valuable feature is the integration with different databases.

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Microsoft Visual Studio Cons review quotes

it_user1077

Developer at a tech company with 51-200 employees

Jul 2, 2012

Code editor is expensive.

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it_user1122

Infrastructure Expert at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Jul 12, 2012

.NET apps are only compatible with Windows Phone 8 and Windows platforms.

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it_user5931

Developer at a university with 51-200 employees

Apr 16, 2013

Visual Studio.Net is only used for Microsoft Windows operating system.

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it_user262080

Architect Software Test Engineer at MAS Global Consulting

Jun 16, 2017

IntelliSense needs better management of using clauses, with auto add/remove using reference and auto detect/suggest references or NuGet packages.

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it_user808128

Director Research Development with 1,001-5,000 employees

Jan 25, 2018

Since it is a heavy product, it is somewhat slow in building and executing the code in a localhost environment and it consumes a lot of resources.

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reviewer829596

Works at a manufacturing company with 5,001-10,000 employees

Mar 1, 2018

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.

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Cengiz Yalcin

IT Global Operations Manager at a consumer goods company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Jul 15, 2018

I would like to see support for rapid application development. For example, if I am developing a new project, I am repeating many similar steps again and again and again. But the platform could do this easily, instead of me. It would save me time. This is something I would like to have in Microsoft Visual Studio, to have it take over repetitive tasks from me.

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Robert Cattral

Works

Apr 2, 2019

Support for spell checking comments should be inbuilt and automatically installed.

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OnyaToochukwu

CEO/Programmer at Tech Elight

Apr 12, 2019

A kind of tutorial page should be embedded in the software to enable first-time users learn more without the help of an expert.

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