We performed a comparison between Microsoft Visual Studio and Zend Studio based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, Adobe, FourJs and others in .NET Development Services."Windows Presentation Foundation or WPF is valuable. It's a tool to give clients a user interface for Windows applications. The summary for mobile applications is also very useful."
"It's a useful integrated development environment."
"The product integrates well with Azure Cloud, and it supports a ton of languages."
"I like the IDE or the integrated development environment. It's the best IDE."
"It's a very easy-to-use product."
"Most valuable features include code navigation by symbols and document auto formatting."
"The most valuable features of Microsoft Visual Studio are the availability of many extensions, an interpreter, a code formator, and helpful dark and light modes."
"The system can efficiently manage the databases."
"It has the ability to jump to any file in your project with a few keystrokes, as well as the ability to command-click on any token in your code and have it jump to the token's definition."
"It has higher quality code, faster debugging, and higher quality projects."
"The pricing for licenses could be reduced to make this solution more competitive."
"Could be improved with the ability to personalize the interface and development style and to edit extension requirements."
"It would be nice if Visual Studio's extensions and updates could self-correct, if they are not working or disabled, and also inform the user."
"It would be better if it didn't get stuck. Sometimes when we are writing code, we open too many tabs and modules, and it gets stuck."
"I would like the solution to have a designing default in addition to the current coding default."
"Visual Studio Team System needs to improve documentation."
"I would like to see more on-premise tips and tools along with development time so that I don't need to go to a third-party site."
"We'd like the solution to be more secure."
"The debugger often has problems determining where to map files to local projects."
"Stability is sometimes lacking in updates."
"Most recent set of patches (2018) on Mac OS X caused the app to crash when you would cut more than 10 lines of code. Apparently, this was due to a bug in Eclipse, but regardless, it took several months for Zend to post a patch."
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Microsoft Visual Studio is ranked 1st in .NET Development Services with 79 reviews while Zend Studio is ranked 8th in .NET Development Services. Microsoft Visual Studio is rated 8.4, while Zend Studio is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Microsoft Visual Studio writes "Easy to use, works well in the Microsoft Windows ecosystem, and integrates well with Git". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Zend Studio writes "It has higher quality code, faster debugging, and higher quality projects". Microsoft Visual Studio is most compared with SharePoint Designer, Genero and Microsoft Silverlight, whereas Zend Studio is most compared with .
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