Hi Nairalanders. i'm a software engineer. I used to like visual studio(which I still do), but I switched to java and I really don' tthink i'll be coming back to Visual Studio. The power bestowesd on Java is awesome. I still find the codes kinda crazy, but It seems to work for me. The only drawback to me was that while Visual Studio is sole to Microsoft, Java is virtually open, so there are several IDEs like Netbeans, Jbuilder and co to workd with, and none are compatible with each other.
Well, thats my introductory view. Who's next?

Have you heard of "Visual J++"? It's a part of visual studio. There are many languages in visual studio so is your problem with the visual studio development environment or is it with the language you used in there?

its not like i don't like visual studio. Actually i made use of c# which is the most popular. Besides, high security organisations and corporate companies use mainly java, while low budget companies make do with vs. Visual studio has the natural forced support, since its owners have the most sought after OS.
I have several articles to backup these issues. Java can boast of over a decade in terms of experience over vs, but what visual studio has accomplished within five years is awesome.
People naturally tend to go after vs due to its simplicity and user friendly approach. Its an ideal tool, usually endeared by less-skilled programmers.
The technicallity of java can be a nightmare for many programmers, but once you find your way around you become addicted.
More to come,