What is our primary use case?
The early use of Microsoft Visual Studio was for developing and creating software applications. Then, with technology development, I used Microsoft Visual Studio to create cross-platform software applications such as web, mobile, and desktop applications.
Microsoft Visual Studio also provides debugging tools, project management tools, and source control which makes project management easier for me - especially after I combine it with Git.
Microsoft Visual Studio allows me to create and manage projects, write code, and debug and test applications. Also, it helps me with advanced features to develop applications for the cloud, IoT, and AI.
How has it helped my organization?
Microsoft Visual Studio helps my company improve efficiency in software development suites.
It includes various features, such as an integrated development environment, source control, debugging, and deployment tools.
Visual Studio also enables teams to collaborate and share code more efficiently. This can help companies streamline development processes and reduce time spent on repetitive tasks.
Additionally, Visual Studio provides a comprehensive set of debugging tools that can help enterprises quickly identify and resolve issues.
Finally, Visual Studio offers a suite of features that allow companies to customize their development environment, such as templates and extensions, that can help them optimize their workflow.
What is most valuable?
Sometimes being able to complete one line of code with many functions and lines requires a lot of mental and physical precision. However, Microsoft Visual Studio helped me with IntelliSense. IntelliSense helped me with autocomplete and code snippets to help speed up development. It also helps me quickly find and deploy the right code.
Apart from that, in terms of development, my team and I sometimes continue to improve and perfect the website or application that is being worked on so that everything is neat and well-tracked. For that, I use version control. Version control is a feature built into Visual Studio that helps me manage and track changes to the code I'm working on. This helps ensure that teams work from the same codebase and can quickly roll back to a previous version if needed.
What needs improvement?
Microsoft Visual Studio can improve integration with the Microsoft Office suite; this was only implemented in 2022. Why this is important is that almost all companies have MS Office to work with, and nowadays, automation is becoming an effective role model to increase company efficiency and can save operational costs and purchase technology licenses.
Microsoft Visual Studio can be used to create applications that integrate directly with the Microsoft Office suite. This includes Office applications such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook. With this integration, enterprises can create powerful applications that utilize existing Office features and capabilities.
For example, I can use Visual Studio to create a custom Excel add-in that adds new features and capabilities to a spreadsheet application. Then I can also create Outlook add-ins that provide additional functionality to the email client. Additionally, Visual Studio could be used to create applications that interact with Office documents, enabling companies to develop sophisticated applications that interact with Office documents in new and exciting ways.
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For how long have I used the solution?
I've been using Microsoft Visual Studio for about four years for code editing, debugging, test tracking, and GUI development.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Microsoft Visual Studio is a very stable development environment. It's been around for years and has a proven track record of reliability.
It is updated regularly with new features and bug fixes and is designed to be highly customizable and expandable.
With a comprehensive set of tools and debugging capabilities, Visual Studio provides the ideal development environment for me or company interns. Overall, Microsoft Visual Studio has a very stable and reliable development environment.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Microsoft Visual Studio is a comprehensive development environment with tools for various development needs.
It is designed to scale easily across projects running in companies of all sizes and complexities.
Visual Studio is highly scalable and provides developers with powerful features that help me build robust and efficient applications.
Visual Studio supports multiple languages and technologies, such as .NET, C#, C++, HTML, JavaScript, and more. It also provides an intuitive interface for quickly building, debugging, and deploying applications. Plus, Visual Studio is highly extensible, letting me customize the IDE to suit my particular needs.
Visual Studio also includes various integrations with popular third-party tools and services, such as GitHub, Azure, and others. With its scalability, Visual Studio is a great choice for teams.
How are customer service and support?
Technical support is very helpful for directing our problem to a solution precisely and quickly.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I didn't switch from another platform or vendor. That said, I combined something with Visual Studio Code. There are some plugins that only I can use in Visual Studio Code and the Visual Studio Code community is more active.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is a little complex and needs to be adjusted to the device used.
What about the implementation team?
With an in-house team, we could handle the setup ourselves.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
For setup costs, I suggest making Microsoft Visual Code the main tool for final testing before releasing it to the public. Subscribing to Microsoft Visual Studio will be quite expensive for a small company. Therefore, other teams can use open-source coding tools.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
I did evaluate Eclipse IDE.
What other advice do I have?
I like the price-sharing method and direct support for developers from Microsoft.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Private Cloud
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.