Difference between Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code
05 October 2022
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Visual Studio
Visual Studio is an integrated development environment (IDE) developed by Microsoft. It is used to develop computer programs, as well as websites, web apps, web services and mobile apps. Beyond code editing, Visual Studio IDE brings together graphical designers, compilers, code completion tools, source control, extensions and many more features in one place.
Learn more about Visual Studio
https://visualstudio.microsoft.com
Visual Studio Code
Visual Studio Code is a code editor redefined and optimized for building and debugging modern web and cloud applications. Visual Studio Code is free and built on open source. Runs everywhere - Linux, macOS, and Windows.
Learn more about Visual Studio Code
https://code.visualstudio.com
Differences between Visual Studio & Visual Studio Code
Visual Studio | Visual Studio Code |
It is an IDE (integrated development environment) | It is a lightweight code editor |
It contains all the features required for project development. Like code, build, debug, deploy, collaborate on, analyze, learn | It requires plugins and several steps to setup the project |
It is specific to Windows platform if using .Net Framework. It also supports for cross-platform by using .Net Core or .Net 6.0 or above versions | It is cross-platform (Linux, macOS, and Windows) editor |
It is designed to for projects | It is mainly oriented for files, not projects |
Supports for Version Control and TFS | doen't supports for Version Control and TFS |
It has full IntelliSense | It has limited IntelliSense |
Community Edition is Free, but Professional and Enterprise editions require subscription | It is Free |
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