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5 Best Visual Studio 2019 Alternatives

Microsoft Visual Studio is an integrated development environment from Microsoft. It is used to develop computer programs, as well as websites, web apps, web services and mobile apps.

Visual Studio 2019

In this article, we'll cover 5 alternatives to Visual Studio 2019, including applications like Visual Studio Code.

  1. Visual Studio Code
  2. IntelliJ IDEA
  3. Eclipse
  4. Apache NetBeans
  5. PyCharm

1. Visual Studio Code

  • Price: Free
  • Avaliable on: Windows, Mac, and Linux.
  • Publisher: Microsoft

Visual Studio Code is text editor from Microsoft. It's core motive is development, and comes with a huge library of development focussed plugins

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2. IntelliJ IDEA

  • Price: Free
  • Avaliable on: Windows, Mac, and Linux.
  • Publisher: Microsoft

IntelliJ IDEA is the world's best Java IDE at present. It has a hugely library of plugins, and useful tools for all Java developers

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3. Eclipse

  • Price: Free
  • Avaliable on: Windows, Mac, and Linux.
  • Publisher: Microsoft

The world's most famous Java IDE with a hugely extensive library of plugins and addons.

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4. Apache NetBeans

  • Price: Free
  • Avaliable on: Windows, Mac, and Linux.
  • Publisher: Microsoft

Apache NetBeans is an open-source development IDE from Apache. It's great for Java and web developers alike.

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5. PyCharm

  • Price: Free
  • Avaliable on: Windows, Mac, and Linux.
  • Publisher: Microsoft

PyCharm is an IDE from JetBrains. It is built for Python development. The software is built on IntelliJ IDEA.

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