We performed a comparison between ASP.NET and Microsoft Visual Studio based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two .NET Development Services solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable feature of ASP.NET is its visual side, which makes building Windows forms applications visually efficient."
"ASP.NET's best features are its application structure and API testing."
"We use ASP.NET to develop web applications and web API. I'm working at a government financial institution in Mexico that helps citizens buy a house"
"I would say that we have seen a return on investment when it comes to this solution."
"The developer support for ASP.NET is a big positive. It's actually very good, and since there are so many people who use ASP.NET, it's easy to get responses to questions about ASP.NET in the broader community."
"The most valuable features are ease of use, scalability, and flexibility."
"The solution's framework supports storing all client-side and server-side code in one place."
"The most valuable feature is that it's easy to use."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Visual Studio is the user interface."
"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."
"The most valuable features of Microsoft Visual Studio are the way we are able to design code, deploy, and test our application. It is easy to move an artifact from the start to the deployment stage. It has well-defined processes that you can integrate with any team. Additionally, the solution is always improving."
"It's pretty prevalent."
"The most valuable feature is the integration with different databases."
"It is definitely sophisticated and provides many out-of-the-box features. Going community has boosted all that."
"We use TFS for our scrums, which links our tasks to actual code changes."
"It's a universal solution. I like that I can easily find software developers for it. I can easily find staff on Microsoft forums. Also, we have other components that are running on top of Visual Studio. I like that it is open to other platforms. Finally, there are many many resources for Microsoft Visual Studio and I can easily find support. There is a large knowledge base for it as well."
"It should be open source or deployable to any operating system so that the dependency can be removed."
"ASP.NET is a very slow tool, and it should be faster."
"The solution is out of date and should not be used."
"The technology to integrate with cloud information could be improved."
"The capability related to Python needs to be improved."
"It would be beneficial if Microsoft provided more support for certain technologies, such as Blazor, in the form of basic components. As it stands, some reliance on third-party tools may be necessary. Having more support from Microsoft for these technologies would make it easier for users to build and maintain applications. For example, the grids, date pickers, and dropdown lists would be components to add."
"Performance is an area that can always be improved."
"Sometimes we have issues with instability and it crashes, which is something that should be made to work better."
"Long installation or upgrade times are sometimes a problem."
"The migration could improve in Microsoft Visual Studio. When I upgraded from 2017 and up to 2022 it was not smooth. There was a lot of manual hand-picking. Microsoft should put a higher budget for the database developers' section in Visual Studio."
"It has a ton of options and that sometimes can become very, very overwhelming for a new person, a new developer."
"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."
"There are some features that I have yet to explore and it would be helpful to have more information about what is available and how it works."
"For Visual Studio, the only challenge I've faced is referencing any package or new concept I'm trying to debug or run."
"This solution could be integrated with other open-source languages, such as Python and not only C#, .NET or Microsoft development languages."
"The interface is slow to start up."
ASP.NET is ranked 3rd in .NET Development Services with 30 reviews while Microsoft Visual Studio is ranked 1st in .NET Development Services with 79 reviews. ASP.NET is rated 8.4, while Microsoft Visual Studio is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of ASP.NET writes "Beneficial thread management, and asynchronous processing, and template-driven setup". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Visual Studio writes "Easy to use, works well in the Microsoft Windows ecosystem, and integrates well with Git". ASP.NET is most compared with SharePoint Designer and Microsoft Silverlight, whereas Microsoft Visual Studio is most compared with SharePoint Designer, Genero and Microsoft Silverlight. See our ASP.NET vs. Microsoft Visual Studio report.
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