Comparing startup time between VS 2017 and VS Code in a less than stellar manner.

README.md

This completely unprofessional startup time profiling was conducted using PassMark AppTimer.

The following settings were used:

• Window Detection Method
  • Input Idle
  • Window Name
  • Visible
• Window Close Method
  • WM_Close

Results

Run	VS 2017	VS Code
1	3.5508	1.1607
2	2.9868	1.1258
3	3.4115	1.1736
4	2.4786	1.1928
5	3.3778	1.0983
6	2.9395	1.1373
7	3.1672	1.1528
8	2.8437	1.3238
9	3.4466	1.1818
10	2.9016	1.1408

Result	VS 2017	VS Code
Avg	3.1104	1.1688
Min	2.4786	1.0983
Max	3.5508	1.3238

Program Configurations

You can find my configuration for each application below!

vs.txt

Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2017
Version 15.2 (26430.6) Release
VisualStudio.15.Release/15.2.0+26430.6
Microsoft .NET Framework
Version 4.7.02556

Installed Version: Community

Visual Basic 2017   00369-60000-00001-AA111
Microsoft Visual Basic 2017

Visual C# 2017   00369-60000-00001-AA111
Microsoft Visual C# 2017

Visual C++ 2017   00369-60000-00001-AA111
Microsoft Visual C++ 2017

Application Insights Tools for Visual Studio Package   8.6.00404.2
Application Insights Tools for Visual Studio

ASP.NET and Web Tools 2017   15.0.30503.0
ASP.NET and Web Tools 2017

Common Azure Tools   1.9
Provides common services for use by Azure Mobile Services and Microsoft Azure Tools.

GitHub.VisualStudio   2.2.0.10
A Visual Studio Extension that brings the GitHub Flow into Visual Studio.

JavaScript Language Service   2.0
JavaScript Language Service

JavaScript Project System   2.0
JavaScript Project System

JavaScript UWP Project System   2.0
JavaScript UWP Project System

Merq   1.1.17-rc (cba4571)
Command Bus, Event Stream and Async Manager for Visual Studio extensions.

Microsoft Visual Studio VC Package   1.0
Microsoft Visual Studio VC Package

Mono Debugging for Visual Studio   Mono.Debugging.VisualStudio
Support for debugging Mono processes with Visual Studio.

NuGet Package Manager   4.2.0
NuGet Package Manager in Visual Studio. For more information about NuGet, visit http://docs.nuget.org/.

TypeScript   2.2.2.0
TypeScript tools for Visual Studio

Visual Studio tools for CMake   1.0
Visual Studio tools for CMake

Visual Studio Tools for Universal Windows Apps   15.0.26430.06
The Visual Studio Tools for Universal Windows apps allow you to build a single universal app experience that can reach every device running Windows 10: phone, tablet, PC, and more. It includes the Microsoft Windows 10 Software Development Kit.

Xamarin   4.5.0.443 (c871575)
Visual Studio extension to enable development for Xamarin.iOS and Xamarin.Android.

Xamarin.Android SDK   7.3.0.13 (448f54f)
Xamarin.Android Reference Assemblies and MSBuild support.

Xamarin.iOS and Xamarin.Mac SDK   10.10.0.30 (30b6e87)
Xamarin.iOS and Xamarin.Mac Reference Assemblies and MSBuild support.

vscode.md

• VSCode Version: Code 1.19.0 (816be6780ca8bd0ab80314e11478c48c70d09383, 2017-12-14T12:06:43.492Z)
• OS Version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.16299
• Extensions:

Extension	Author (truncated)	Version
vscode-markdownlint	Dav	0.12.0
ginfuru-vscode-jekyll-syntax	gin	0.0.5
vscode-jekyll-snippets	gin	0.8.7
vscode-rust	kal	0.4.2
cppcheck	mat	0.2.1
cpptools	ms-	0.14.4
csharp	ms-	1.13.1
language-liquid	nei	0.0.3
code-settings-sync	Sha	2.8.7
markdown-preview-enhanced	shd	0.3.1
vscode-fileutils	sle	2.7.1
shader	sle	1.1.2
unity-debug	Uni	1.2.1

(1 theme extensions excluded)