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Visual Studio vs Visual Studio Code
A side-by-side comparison of Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code.
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| Description | Microsoft's full IDE for .NET, C++ and Windows development | Free, extensible code editor from Microsoft for most languages |
| Pricing | FreemiumProprietary | FreeOpen source(MIT) |
| Developer | Microsoft | Microsoft |
| Ratings | — | 193.6Kstars |
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