Acquia Dev Desktop vs Visual Studio Code
A side-by-side look at Acquia Dev Desktop and Visual Studio Code. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.
Acquia Dev Desktop
Development
Acquia Dev Desktop is a free, local environment for building and testing Drupal and WordPress websites on your computer. It comes packaged with all the necessary components, including PHP, MySQL, Apache Solr, and Drush.
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Visual Studio Code
Development
Visual Studio Code is a free, open-source, lightweight code editor developed by Microsoft. It supports debugging, syntax highlighting, intelligent code completion, and Git control. VS Code has a large extension ecosystem allowing developers to add new languages, themes, debuggers and tools.
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