
In this article, you'll learn the main differences between Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code. You might have to step out of a text editor to run your code or download plugins to help it do the running for you.

A text editor only lets you write and edit your code. Visual Studio is an integrated development environment (IDE) and Visual Studio Code is a rich text editor like Sublime Text and Atom.īut the difference between the tools is more than just IDE and text editor.Īn IDE is a robust tool for writing, editing, debugging, and running your code. “Visual Studio” and “Visual Studio Code” are not the same thing. I don’t know why Microsoft decided to confuse everyone with the names of those two development tools. The first time I heard about “Visual Studio”, I thought it was the same as “Visual Studio Code”.
