How is Visual Studio?

3 years ago by Calcharger to c/programming

So I started my coding journey with Python about 2 years ago. I primarily used IDLE which was super bare bones but was perfect for my needs.

I'm now toying around with Javascript with eventual aspirations to learn C# and maybe something else (Golang maybe, C++ is intimidating). I completed codecademy.com's course on Javascript, have been running through some algo training on codewars, been playing a little BitBurner, but now I want to actually try to develop my own stuff.

Looks like Visual Studio has an environment that supports Javascript, Python, and C# in one place. How is it? What are some of the positives and negatives of choosing to use Visual Studio moving forward?

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wave_walnut 11 points 3 years ago

Be aware of differences below:

Visual Studio 2022 / 2019 is All-in-one IDE software (like PyCharm of Python)
Visual Studio Code (VSCode) is simple Text editor with IDE functions and several extensions

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levmyskin 3 points 3 years ago

Yes exactly. I believe OP is talking about the former, but what he really wants is the latter

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Calcharger 2 points 3 years ago

I mean I just want a handy IDE that I can do python, javascript, and eventually c# when I learn it, instead of continuing to use IDLE and whatever IDE javascript comes packages with

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MrScottyTay 1 point 3 years ago

Personally I think as a beginner VS is better than VS Code. I'm a professional and VS Code is still overwhelming to me because of the palette system instead of easy drop down menus and whatnot. I want to like VS Code but I can't get past not knowing what the commands are for the multitude of plugins I need to mimic even a fraction of VS's capabilities.

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