When talking about VS and libraries/APIs you really need to be more specific. VS lets you work with very different technologies from native C++ to .NET languag

When talking about VS and libraries/APIs you really need to be more specific. VS lets you work with very different technologies from native C++ to .NET languages, including web stacks. The user experience may vary but if we are talking about the .NET world I think it is a very strong package. The only equivalent I can think of would be the Eclipse/Java combo.