What to choose VS Code and Visual Studio

Question

Hello readers

 

from past few days , i am confused that when to choose VS Code and Visual studio

 

Im getting my hands dirty with .NET Core so there i need some nuget packages to be used in my project , so that i need to install it manually 

 

So its time consuming than Visual studio

 

Guide me for that with your brief answer

 

Thanks .... 

Answer 1

@Ankit Sir

 

Thanks for your kind reply

 

I have question that if i use .net core in vs code than i should add so many things manually

like : refrence of nuget package

 

So it will take more effort that visual studio

 

Thanks 

Answer 2

Hi Manav,

 

As per my personal experience, VS code is fast and lightweight than VS. You can run VS code on machine having 4 GB RAM or even less. It has integrated Console which will help you to execute .NET Core commands with ease.

 

On the other hand VS 17 is a full featured IDE and requires heavy hardware support to run (atleast 8 GB RAM) . You can develop mobile Apps , windows app, even do Quantum computer programming using VS 17. 

 

If your requirement is to just learn .NET Core then i would suggest go for VS Code. But if you want to explore more MS technologies then VS 17 would be prefferable. Please make sure that the computer you are using for VS 17 Should have atleast 8 GB RAM or your machine will become super slow.

 

Please let me know for any clarification. 

Answer 3

Hi Manav,

 

.NET CORE is build as a modular framework and it allows us to incorporate only those packages that we need in our project. Using VS code or VS won't make much difference.

 

You need to add few extensions which is a one time opearation and won't take much time. 

Please refer below URL for VS Code documents

 

https://code.visualstudio.com/docs 

 

You can refer to my articles to get started with .NET core using VS code and you can see how simple and convenient it is.

 

http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/crud-operation-in-asp-net-core-mvc-using-visual-studio-code/

 

http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/crud-operation-with-asp-net-core-mvc-using-visual-studio-code-and-ado-net/ 

 

 

Answer 4

Nice question Manav, 

I am having same question in mind ,but let me add a bit, yes i do agree that visual studio code is light weighted,

but still same thing we can do with visual studio too, so where is it must to use vs code instead visual studio 2017