Developer Tools Review
Visual Studio Code
Deep Dive Analysis
Visual Studio Code is a free editor that became the default for a large share of developers. Its power comes from extensions: language servers, debuggers and linters that turn a light editor into whatever environment you need.
Target Audience
Almost any developer, from first project to large codebase.
The Final Verdict
"The safe default. If it feels slow, the cause is usually your extensions rather than the editor."
Best Alternatives to Visual Studio Code
What we checked
Public API
Offers a documented API you can build against.
Mobile app
Has a native app for iOS or Android, not just a mobile website.
Open source / self-hostable
Source is open and the tool can be run on your own infrastructure.
SSO (SAML)
Supports SAML single sign-on on at least one plan.
These are facts that can be checked, not opinions. Where we have not checked, it says so — we do not fill the gap with a guess.