What to choose VS Code and Visual Studio

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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 ....

Manav Pandya · Answer

@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

Ankit Sharma · Answer

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.

Ankit Sharma · Answer

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/

Naresh Singhal · Answer

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

What to choose VS Code and Visual Studio

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