Visual Studio

Question

User1634263297 posted

I am starting to learn Asp.net (for work not by choice) and everywhere I look they tell me to use visual studio, my question is do i have to? The thing looks like a cheap rip off of dreamweaver. I swear it was designed but the blind lead by the dumb. I have been working in VScode for the last few years and love that, only God knows why MS can get visual studio to be as nice as code. Is there a way to use code so I do not have to use the completely horrendous vs2019. 

Answer 1

User475983607 posted

I am starting to learn Asp.net (for work not by choice) and everywhere I look they tell me to use visual studio, my question is do i have to? The thing looks like a cheap rip off of dreamweaver. I swear it was designed but the blind lead by the dumb. I have been working in VScode for the last few years and love that, only God knows why MS can get visual studio to be as nice as code. Is there a way to use code so I do not have to use the completely horrendous vs2019. 

VS Core supports ASP.NET Core but not ASP.NET Web Forms or MVC.

The VS Code site covers the supported languages and frameworks.

https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/languages/csharp

Answer 2

User-1174608757 posted

Hi jinx2124,

According to your description,if you have to write code for asp.net.I think it is necessary to download vs.I think it's very convenient to write c# or vb code on vs. You only need to spend some time to create the project. vs. introduces the api and other tools. It is also the best in the development tool. When you use it, it will be Feel his power.

Here is the link,I hope it could help you.

https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/uktechnet/2017/03/14/17-reasons-to-use-visual-studio-2017/

Best Regards

Wei

Answer 3

User1634263297 posted

Thank you for the help guys. It looks like I am stuck in VS since I am starting with C# and web forms.

DA924 I am sorry if there is any confusion. I hate dreamweaver, it is the worst and VS seems like a clone of it. I love VScode, where I can set my folders up, automate the development with the terminal and npm. I am not going to lie, I hate how microsoft lays out their software. Outlook, word, it is some of the worst UI I have ever seen, but VScode is a dream. Clean, simple and I can set it up the way I like. 

Answer 4

User1120430333 posted

jinx2124

Thank you for the help guys. It looks like I am stuck in VS since I am starting with C# and web forms.

DA924 I am sorry if there is any confusion. I hate dreamweaver, it is the worst and VS seems like a clone of it. I love VScode, where I can set my folders up, automate the development with the terminal and npm. I am not going to lie, I hate how microsoft lays out their software. Outlook, word, it is some of the worst UI I have ever seen, but VScode is a dream. Clean, simple and I can set it up the way I like. 

I hate that npm stuff,  becuase when it doesn't work,  you don't know where the problem is at in the black box, which is kind of like EF migrations that I hate.

Answer 5

User753101303 posted

Hi,

If the problem is using a visual designer, you can edit ASPX markup directly with VS and even disable the designer using the "Web Development (Code Only)" option. I never tried Web Forms with VS Code. The first problem I see is handling files that are automatically generated and you'll likely have poor intellisense support.

If you really want to, using both may work for you depending on what you are doing ?

You'll have to maintain existing web forms apps ? (if not I'm not sure you should really learn Web Forms).

Answer 6

User71929859 posted

I hate dreamweaver, it is the worst and VS seems like a clone of it

Not at all. I have used VS Code, Eclipse, Netbeans, SharePoint designer, XCode, DreamWeaver and of course Visual Studio in my life. Visual Studio is my favourite so far.

You know what? I actually don't like VS Code. There's no easy way to format the documents, you need to start a terminal to compile/run the applications etc. It's just not user friendly to me. I guess this all comes to what we are used to. 

I can set it up the way I like. 

You can very well do the same in Visual Studio. I guess it's not about the IDE but the programming model you've chose. As the person above said, it seems like you are comparing DreamWeaver with VS because of the designer view. You really don't have to use that. In fact, I rarely used designer when I was working with webforms. It's good to drag and drop components but it can be a nightmare to position and align the elements using the designer view. I would stick into the Code view to do that.

Also why not try something like ASP.NET MVC where you don't see a designer at all? Everything is through the code and you will love it.