Geany vs Microsoft Visual Studio

Geany is very lightweight thanks to the smaller offering of features.

Geany has a built-in plugin manager which can be used to install plugins and add new powerful features to the editor.

In Geany you technically search once for a whole search query, unlike Gedit, where once you start typing, the file is searched for in accordance with each substring of what you're typing, all the while leading to terribly annoying lag.

Geany is a cross platform editor, very similar to Notepad++ in Windows.

Press F5 and code will run without the need to switch between windows.

This software respects your freedom.

Hence it is capable of showing the methods and inner classes of, e.g., a Java source file.

It is a real app and not another frankenstein web/electron app. This means it runs great and doesn't extraordinary amounts of RAM.

For example, there is an easy way to change the font and theme in the View menu. No need to search through several syntax styles like in Notepad++ just to be able to change the used font.

The Community Edition of Visual Studios and the Unity add-on can be downloaded and used free of charge.

IntelliSense is the general term for a number of features: List Members, Parameter Info, Quick Info, and Complete Word. These features help you to learn more about the code you are using, keep track of the parameters you are typing, and add calls to properties and methods with only a few keystrokes.

Visual Studio has a massive library of plugins to choose from.

The recently released 15.7 branch provides competitive modern language support.

In agile development teams, one really needs features such as product backlogs where you can assign features to team mates and track their progress on them. VS provides a web based interface for you to track your team's complete progress on the project.

Makes production faster especially if git is used. One can see changed files at the go and commit (with push possibility) when ever one so desires.

Visual Studio 2017 supports a much more modern and modular installer. You no longer have to install many gigabytes of stuff you don't need. Everything is broken down into much smaller pieces and it's much more apparent which pieces you need.

Your Visual Studio Online account gives you a place to store your code, backlog, and other project data with no servers to deploy, configure, or manage.