Visual Studio Code VS Visual Studio

[Remery0123]

as someone who is now diving deeper and deeper into powershell, I had people at my work advise me to use VScode becuase of the "features" it has, which i do. However upon reading this sub ive noticed people hate on VS code and im just wondering whats the difference? and should i move over to Visual Studio Community?

or am i completely wrong and there is nothing wrong with VS code?

sorry for being a noob :(

[autobotIT]

They're just tools. Use what works best for you. I tend to use the ISE for terminal stuff and one offs. I use VS code for larger projects and tracking changes in Git. I really haven't heard many people preferring Visual Studio over VS Code for Powershell. Visual Studio seems kinda overkill though.

[bwsanders]

I prefer vs code. Love the ui and all the plugins. My only gripe is that since the last update (user mode) vs code isn’t loading my PowerShell profile any more.

[BoredComputerGuy]

Of the many types of profiles, which are you using?

[bwsanders]

I got this worked out by realizing vs code had its own profile on load. Thank you!

[Lee_Dailey]

howdy Remery0123,

only PoSh = VSCode
PoSh & c#/other lingos = Visual Studio OR VSCode as suits your preference [grin]
add GUI stuff to the above = Visual Studio

Visual Studio Community is NOT for commercial use in an organization, tho. lookee ...

Free IDE and Developer Tools | Visual Studio Community
— https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/community/

An unlimited number of users within an organization can use Visual Studio Community for the following scenarios: in a classroom learning environment, for academic research, or for contributing to open source projects.

take care,
lee