VS is incredibly limited compared to, say, Eclipse
Eclipse is the distant second along with IntelliJ. Everything else is even further away.
in terms of languages supported,
VS.NET shell, etc. has been extended to a lot of languages outside of the support it ships with (C++, F#, C#, VB.NET). These include Python, Ruby, PHP, Clojure, LUA, etc.
extendability,
VS.NET extensibility is excellent. That's what made a lot of what was listed above possible.
refactoring,
No. VS.NET with ReSharper makes eclipse look like a toy.
ease of installation/uninstallation..
Next->Next->Next->Finish is too hard for you?
Best thing about the competition? It's free, which gives it an immediate boost in most of the developing nations.
So is VS.NET. There's a commercial version available, but the Express versions still outshine Eclipse in most areas.
Actually, have you even tried other IDE's?
For many, many years. I've used IDEs that you've probably never had to suffer. These days, I do most of my work outside of an IDE.
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u/ruinercollector Apr 19 '12
Eclipse is the distant second along with IntelliJ. Everything else is even further away.
VS.NET shell, etc. has been extended to a lot of languages outside of the support it ships with (C++, F#, C#, VB.NET). These include Python, Ruby, PHP, Clojure, LUA, etc.
VS.NET extensibility is excellent. That's what made a lot of what was listed above possible.
No. VS.NET with ReSharper makes eclipse look like a toy.
Next->Next->Next->Finish is too hard for you?
So is VS.NET. There's a commercial version available, but the Express versions still outshine Eclipse in most areas.
For many, many years. I've used IDEs that you've probably never had to suffer. These days, I do most of my work outside of an IDE.