Microsoft Visual Studio Reviews

I use this solution to develop desktop and web applications. I have it deployed on-premises.

The most valuable feature is the integration with different databases. There are many different databases that it supports.

The reporting services are quite limited in terms of features and need to be improved.

I would like to see installation and packaging features added to the next release of this solution.

I have been using this solution for approximately two years.

This is a stable solution.

I have not needed to work with applications that needed scaling.

I think that it can handle many users, but we have between five and ten people using it.

The technical support by Microsoft is quite good.

We did not use another solution prior to this one.

The initial setup of this solution is straightforward. It was quite fast to deploy, measured in minutes. One person is enough for deployment and maintenance.

I installed the solution myself.

We did evaluate other options but choose this solution because it was more integrated with Windows.

For anybody who is implementing this solution, I would suggest checking the reporting services beforehand. They can create limitations.

Adding the installation and packaging features are really important and would improve the product a lot.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

I have been using Visual Studio for the design and implementation of an online voting system for students in the higher institution.

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. 

The language syntax is great because it is similar to the human language, very easy to understand and to work with. 

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

One to three years.

C++ desktop development.

It's easy to use and has a highly customizable IDE that is good for cross-platform development.

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

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

More than five years.

We use it for development of internal software projects. I am satisfied with it.

We can easily build solutions with this tool and we can get help from many other resources.

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.

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.

It's a stable solution.

Scalability is fine.

Technical support is good.

The switch depended on a cost-benefit analysis. It was positive for me.

In this type of solution, application development, there are only a few possibilities. One of them is Microsoft. Another one is Delphi. We chose between just these two solutions. Microsoft was very dominant.

I rate it an eight out of 10 because, as I said earlier, it could have more options to speed up development by handling repetitive tasks. But I would recommend Visual Studio.

When selecting a vendor I look at support and the name of the company.

Creating web sites and APIs using Angular, jQuery, MVC, and Web API. Desktop and server side assets are primarily in C#, however I use it to edit older ASPX pages for web apps written in VB.NET.

It is an excellent IDE, but the corporate features are what set it apart. We use TFS for our scrums, which links our tasks to actual code changes.

Personally, in my job as a developer, the version control system has been very helpful. It is also flexible enough to let me use Git as well as its own version control mechanism.

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. Lately, for example, NuGet Package Manager has failed gracefully, but it did not say why. 

More than five years.

Developing various .NET solutions, making sure code is well tested and debugging issues with it, then publishing the code from the application.

No one can say that VS IDE is bad. It is definitely sophisticated and provides many out-of-the-box features. Going community has boosted all that.

• Code navigation by symbols
• Document auto formatting
• Testing tools
• Publishing tools
• Performance testing
• Reference usage 

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.

Three to five years.

Profiling

Architecture (Code Map)

Test and Load Test

Collaboration grew through the implementation.

TFS - Agile (Scrum / Kanban)

IntelliSense

Better management of using clauses

Auto add/remove using reference

Auto detect / suggest References or Nuget Package

Six months (the 2017 version in particular).

NA

NA

NA

Customer Service:

NA

Technical Support:

NA

NA

Simple.

In-house.

NA

NA

It was in 2004 when I first experienced Visual Studio 2003 as an IT student. Now that I am working as a programmer, I used the newer version which is Visual Studio 2008. Here are the few reasons why I chose .Net for so many years: • I can create console, Windows form, Web Forms, Smart device and mobile applications, XML web and windows services using different languages such as Visual Basic, C#, J# and C++ • I love the drag and drop ability of the items and controls using Visual Designers • I love the Toolbox with many useful and unique items that even Netbeans or Eclipse does not have such as Timer, DateTimePicker, Process Dialog and etc. • I adore the integrated, highly professional looking Crystal in VS 2008 and later versions • Express editions are free and suitable for students

• Visual Studio.Net is only used for Microsoft Windows Operating system. • Other than the express edition, Visual studio products are not for free. • Crystal Report is not included in Visual Studio 2010 and 2012 and requires a separate download.

Being an educator and a programmer for 8 years, I can say that Visual Studio .Net is the best development tool for desktop and web applications. I am absolutely recommending Visual Studio .Net to my fellow programmers, web developers and even to students, hobbyists and new learners.

It provides manageable code execution, it's object oriented, the .net framework comes with ado.net, it uses xml to transfer data between the various layers in the architecture, has error handling properties, automatic memory management, disconnected architecture, and is a multi-platform application. It is a consistent programming model, has multi-language integration, and ease of development.

Needs skills, and some versions have less features. One cannot run unsaved code or use generics and operator overloading. It requires a .net framework which xp sp3 doesn’t have.