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Microsoft recently released Visual Studio Code and I am a little confused about its usage, since Visual Studio has lot of similarities functionally with it.
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Visual Studio (full version) is a 'full-featured' and 'convenient' development environment.
Visual Studio (free 'Express' versions - only until 2017) are feature-centered and simplified versions of the full version. Feature-centered meaning that there are different versions (Visual Studio Web Developer, Visual Studio C#, etc.) depending on your goal.
Visual Studio (free Community edition - since 2015) is a simplified version of the full version and replaces the separated express editions used before 2015.
Visual Studio Code (VSCode) is a cross-platform (Linux, Mac OS, Windows) editor that can be extended with plugins to your needs.
For example if you want to create an ASP.NET application using VS Code you need to perform several steps on your own to setup the project. There is a separate tutorial for each OS.
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Visual Studio Code is an editor while Visual Studio is an IDE.
Visual Studio Code is cross-platform and fast, while Visual Studio is Windows/Mac only and not fast.
Note that Visual Studio for Mac is available now but is a different product compared to Visual Studio (Windows). It's based on Xamarin Studio and lacks support for some older .NET project types. It does successfully build solutions created in VS 2017. VS mac has a more limited UI (for example, no customizable toolbar). So for cross-platform work. VS Code may still be preferable.
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I will provide a detailed differences between Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code below.
If you really look at it the most obvious difference is that .NET has been split into two:
- .NET Core (Mac, Linux, and Windows)
- .NET Framework (Windows only)
All native user interface technologies (Windows Presentation Foundation, Windows Forms, etc.) are part of the framework, not the core.
The 'Visual' in Visual Studio (from Visual Basic) was largely synonymous with visual UI (drag & drop WYSIWYG) design, so in that sense, Visual Studio Code is Visual Studio without the Visual!
The second most obvious difference is that Visual Studio tends to be oriented around projects & solutions.
Visual Studio Code:
- It's a lightweight source code editor which can be used to view, edit, run, and debug source code for applications.
- Simply it is Visual Studio without the Visual UI, majorly a superman’s text-editor.
- It is mainly oriented around files, not projects.
- It does not have any scaffolding support.
- It is a competitor of Sublime Text or Atom on Electron.
- It is based on the Electron framework, which is used to build cross platform desktop application using web technologies.
- It does not have support for Microsoft's version control system; Team Foundation Server.
- It has limited IntelliSense for Microsoft file types and similar features.
- It is mainly used by developers on a Mac who deal with client-side technologies (HTML, JavaScript, and CSS).
Visual Studio:
- As the name indicates, it is an IDE, and it contains all the features required for project development. Like code auto completion, debugger, database integration, server setup, configurations, and so on.
- It is a complete solution mostly used by and for .NET related developers.It includes everything from source control to bug tracker to deployment tools, etc. It has everything required to develop.
- It is widely used on .NET related projects (though you can use it for other things). The community version is free, but if you want to make most of it then it is not free.
- Visual Studio is aimed to be the world’s best IDE (integrated development environment), which provide full stack develop toolsets, including a powerful code completion component called IntelliSense, a debugger which can debug both source code and machine code, everything about ASP.NET development, and something about SQL development.
- In the latest version of Visual Studio, you can develop cross-platform application without leaving the IDE. And Visual Studio takes more than 8 GB disk space (according to the components you select).
- In brief, Visual Studio is an ultimate development environment, and it’s quite heavy.
Reference:https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-difference-between-Visual-Studio-and-Visual-Studio-Code
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Complementing the previous answers, one big difference between both is that Visual Studio Code comes in a so called 'portable' version that does not require full administrative permissions to run on Windows and can be placed in a removable drive for convenience.
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Visual Studio
- IDE
- Except for free editions, it is a paid IDE.
- It is quite heavy on CPU and lags on lower end PCs.
- It is mostly used for Windows software development including DirectX programs, Windows API, etc.
- Advanced IntelliSense (best one ever; Visual Studio Code's IntelliSense extension takes second place)
- It features built-in debuggers, easy-to-configure project settings (though developers tend to not use the GUI ones)
- Microsoft support (more than Visual Studio Code)
- Mostly used for C/C++ (Windows), .NET and C# projects along with SQL Server, database, etc.
- Extreme large download size, space utilization and the slow downs over time.
- It is the only con that forces me to use Visual Studio Code for smaller projects*
- Includes tools to generate dependency graphs. Refactoring tools have great support for Visual Studio.
- Has a VYSIWYG editor for VB.NET, C++.NET, and C#. (It is easy enough for first time users instead of getting through
windows.h
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Visual Studio Code
- Free open source text editor
- Has IntelliSense (but it doesn't work out of box if Visual Studio is not installed, need to configure to point to MinGW, etc.)
- Smaller download size and RAM requirements. With IntelliSense it requires around 300 MB RAM. (Edit : Some header files tend to blow up memory requirements to 7-8 GBs eg. OpenGL and GLM Libraries)
- It works on lower-end PCs. (it is still slow to start up especially if PowerShell is used instead of CMD)
- Lower support (open source, so you can modify it yourself)
- Build tasks are project specific. Even if you want to build it in a vanilla configuration.
- Mostly used for web development (this applies to all free text editors). They tend to show off JavaScript / HTML support over C/C++. Visual Studio shows off Visual Basic/C++ over other languages.
- Lack of good extensions (it's still new though)
- Gives you a hard time to reconfigure your project/workspace settings. I prefer the GUI way.
- Cross platform
- Has an integrated terminal (PowerShell is too slow at startup though)
- It is best for smaller projects and test code (you know if you are bored and want to print 'Hello, World!', it does not make sense to wait 3-5 minutes while Visual Studio loads up, and then another minute or 2 at project creation and then finally getting it to print 'Hello, World!').
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Visual Studio Code is integrated with a command prompt / terminal, hence it will be handy when there is switching between IDE and terminal / command prompt required, for example: connecting to Linux.
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-->This article shows how to use the mssql extension for Visual Studio Code to develop SQL Server databases. Because Visual Studio Code is cross-platform, you can use mssql extension on Linux, macOS, and Windows.
Install and start Visual Studio Code
Visual Studio Code is a cross-platform, graphical code editor that supports extensions.
- Download and install Visual Studio Code on your machine.
- Start Visual Studio Code.NoteIf Visual Studio Code does not start when you are connected through an xrdp remote desktop session, see VS Code not working on Ubuntu when connected using XRDP.
Install the mssql extension
The mssql extension for Visual Studio Code lets you connect to a SQL Server, query with Transact-SQL (T-SQL), and view the results.
- In Visual Studio Code, select View > Command Palette, or press Ctrl+Shift+P, or press F1 to open the Command Palette.
- In the Command Palette, select Extensions: Install Extensions from the dropdown.
- In the Extensions pane, type mssql.
- Select the SQL Server (mssql) extension, and then select Install.
- After the installation completes, select Reload to enable the extension.
Create or open a SQL file
The mssql extension enables mssql commands and T-SQL IntelliSense in the code editor when the language mode is set to SQL.
- Select File > New File or press Ctrl+N. Visual Studio Code opens a new Plain Text file by default.
- Select Plain Text on the lower status bar, or press Ctrl+K > M, and select SQL from the languages dropdown.NoteIf this is the first time you have used the extension, the extension installs supporting SQL Server tools.
If you open an existing file that has a .sql file extension, the language mode is automatically set to SQL.
Connect to SQL Server
Follow these steps to create a connection profile and connect to a SQL Server.
- Press Ctrl+Shift+P or F1 to open the Command Palette.
- Type sql to display the mssql commands, or type sqlcon, and then select MS SQL: Connect from the dropdown.NoteA SQL file, such as the empty SQL file you created, must have focus in the code editor before you can execute the mssql commands.
- Select the MS SQL: Manage Connection Profiles command.
- Then select Create to create a new connection profile for your SQL Server.
- Follow the prompts to specify the properties for the new connection profile. After specifying each value, press Enter to continue.
Connection property Description Server name or ADO connection string Specify the SQL Server instance name. Use localhost to connect to a SQL Server instance on your local machine. To connect to a remote SQL Server, enter the name of the target SQL Server, or its IP address. To connect to a SQL Server container, specify the IP address of the container's host machine. If you need to specify a port, use a comma to separate it from the name. For example, for a server listening on port 1401, enter <servername or IP>,1401
.
As an alternative, you can enter the ADO connection string for your database here.Database name (optional) The database that you want to use. To connect to the default database, don't specify a database name here. Authentication Type Choose either Integrated or SQL Login. User name If you selected SQL Login, enter the name of a user with access to a database on the server. Password Enter the password for the specified user. Save Password Press Enter to select Yes and save the password. Select No to be prompted for the password each time the connection profile is used. Profile Name (optional) Type a name for the connection profile, such as localhost profile. After you enter all values and select Enter, Visual Studio Code creates the connection profile and connects to the SQL Server.TipIf the connection fails, try to diagnose the problem from the error message in the Output panel in Visual Studio Code. To open the Output panel, select View > Output. Also review the connection troubleshooting recommendations. - Verify your connection in the lower status bar.
As an alternative to the previous steps, you can also create and edit connection profiles in the User Settings file (settings.json). To open the settings file, select File > Preferences > Settings. For more information, see Manage connection profiles.
Create a SQL database
- In the new SQL file that you started earlier, type sql to display a list of editable code snippets.
- Select sqlCreateDatabase.
- In the snippet, type
TutorialDB
to replace 'DatabaseName': - Press Ctrl+Shift+E to execute the Transact-SQL commands. View the results in the query window.TipYou can customize the shortcut keys for the mssql commands. See Customize shortcuts.
Create a table
- Delete the contents of the code editor window.
- Press Ctrl+Shift+P or F1 to open the Command Palette.
- Type sql to display the mssql commands, or type sqluse, and then select the MS SQL: Use Database command.
- Select the new TutorialDB database.
- In the code editor, type sql to display the snippets, select sqlCreateTable, and then press Enter.
- In the snippet, type
Employees
for the table name. - Press Tab to get to the next field, and then type
dbo
for the schema name. - Replace the column definitions with the following columns:
- Press Ctrl+Shift+E to create the table.
Insert and query
- Add the following statements to insert four rows into the Employees table.While you type, T-SQL IntelliSense helps you to complete the statements:TipThe mssql extension also has commands to help create INSERT and SELECT statements. These were not used in the previous example.
- Press Ctrl+Shift+E to execute the commands. The two result sets display in the Results window.
View and save the result
- Select View > Editor Layout > Flip Layout to switch to a vertical or horizontal split layout.
- Select the Results and Messages panel headers to collapse and expand the panels.TipYou can customize the default behavior of the mssql extension. See Customize extension options.
- Select the maximize grid icon on the second result grid to zoom in to those results.NoteThe maximize icon displays when your T-SQL script produces two or more result grids.
- Open the grid context menu by right-clicking on the grid.
- Select Select All.
- Open the grid context menu again and select Save as JSON to save the result to a .json file.
- Specify a file name for the JSON file.
- Verify that the JSON file saves and opens in Visual Studio Code.
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Next steps
If you're new to T-SQL, see Tutorial: Write Transact-SQL statements and the Transact-SQL Reference (Database Engine).
For more information on using or contributing to the mssql extension, see the mssql extension project wiki.
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For more information on using Visual Studio Code, see the Visual Studio Code documentation.