{"id":2747,"date":"2022-11-22T18:38:48","date_gmt":"2022-11-22T22:38:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.wholetomato.com\/?p=2747"},"modified":"2022-11-28T15:01:16","modified_gmt":"2022-11-28T19:01:16","slug":"make-your-developers-happy-with-visual-assist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/make-your-developers-happy-with-visual-assist\/","title":{"rendered":"Make your developers happy with Visual Assist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In our last post, we estimated <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/2022\/09\/02\/how-much-time-and-money-does-visual-assist-save\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">how much time and money an extension like Visual Assist save<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. This time, however, we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re keeping it basic and focusing on one of the most obvious productivity signals: a happy developer.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This blog is intended for lead developers, team managers, and procurement decision makers. <\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_76 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\r\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\"><p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\r\n<\/div><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/make-your-developers-happy-with-visual-assist\/#Why_leaders_need_to_keep_their_developers_happy\" >Why leaders need to keep their developers happy<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/make-your-developers-happy-with-visual-assist\/#Ensuring_a_hassle-free_work_environment\" >Ensuring a hassle-free work environment<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/make-your-developers-happy-with-visual-assist\/#The_difficulty_in_gauging_productivity\" >The difficulty in gauging productivity<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/make-your-developers-happy-with-visual-assist\/#Justifying_a_software_purchase\" >Justifying a software purchase<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/make-your-developers-happy-with-visual-assist\/#A_Try_Visual_Assist\" >\u00c2\u00a0Try Visual Assist<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\r\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_leaders_need_to_keep_their_developers_happy\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why leaders need to keep their developers happy<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A satisfied developer is a reliable indicator for two things: work is being done, and work is being done in a timely manner. Have you ever seen someone frantically working with an outdated program produce great output?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/41_WT_Banner_Visual-Assist-makes-your-developers-happy_1200x628.png?ssl=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2778\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/make-your-developers-happy-with-visual-assist\/41_wt_banner_visual-assist-makes-your-developers-happy_1200x628\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/41_WT_Banner_Visual-Assist-makes-your-developers-happy_1200x628.png?fit=1200%2C393&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,393\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"41_WT_Banner_Visual Assist makes your developers happy_1200x628\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/41_WT_Banner_Visual-Assist-makes-your-developers-happy_1200x628.png?fit=300%2C98&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/41_WT_Banner_Visual-Assist-makes-your-developers-happy_1200x628.png?fit=1024%2C335&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2778\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/41_WT_Banner_Visual-Assist-makes-your-developers-happy_1200x628.png?resize=1140%2C373&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1140\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/41_WT_Banner_Visual-Assist-makes-your-developers-happy_1200x628.png?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/41_WT_Banner_Visual-Assist-makes-your-developers-happy_1200x628.png?resize=300%2C98&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/41_WT_Banner_Visual-Assist-makes-your-developers-happy_1200x628.png?resize=1024%2C335&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/41_WT_Banner_Visual-Assist-makes-your-developers-happy_1200x628.png?resize=768%2C252&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/41_WT_Banner_Visual-Assist-makes-your-developers-happy_1200x628.png?resize=360%2C118&amp;ssl=1 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1140px) 100vw, 1140px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Software developers and programmers are the primary drivers of projects. An inconvenience for developers is an inconvenience to the team as a whole. Each second spent on side tasks such as troubleshooting their workspace or reading long documentation is a bother (necessary but a chore nonetheless).<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Ensuring_a_hassle-free_work_environment\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ensuring a hassle-free work environment<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Apart from employee benefits and privileges, one of the best ways to keep developer satisfaction and productivity up is ensuring that the work environment is healthy. For developers, that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s their work desk or more specifically, their IDE.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A well-equipped developer will be able to confront their day to day tasks efficiently. For example, one key benefit of having a productivity plugin like <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wholetomato.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Visual Assist<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is having better quality code with significantly reduced effort. It provides developers automatic prompts and suggestions that are based on the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/clang.llvm.org\/cxx_status.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">latest industry standards<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> without them having to study and re-learn themselves.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2749\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Visual-Assist-in-Visual-Studio-Marketplace.png?ssl=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2749\" data-attachment-id=\"2749\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/make-your-developers-happy-with-visual-assist\/visual-assist-in-visual-studio-marketplace\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Visual-Assist-in-Visual-Studio-Marketplace.png?fit=1514%2C850&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1514,850\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Visual Assist in Visual Studio Marketplace\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Visual Assist on the Visual Studio marketplace with a 4.8-star rating. &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Visual-Assist-in-Visual-Studio-Marketplace.png?fit=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Visual-Assist-in-Visual-Studio-Marketplace.png?fit=1024%2C575&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-2749 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Visual-Assist-in-Visual-Studio-Marketplace.png?resize=1024%2C575&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Visual-Assist-in-Visual-Studio-Marketplace.png?resize=1024%2C575&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Visual-Assist-in-Visual-Studio-Marketplace.png?resize=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Visual-Assist-in-Visual-Studio-Marketplace.png?resize=768%2C431&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Visual-Assist-in-Visual-Studio-Marketplace.png?resize=360%2C202&amp;ssl=1 360w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Visual-Assist-in-Visual-Studio-Marketplace.png?w=1514&amp;ssl=1 1514w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2749\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Visual Assist on the Visual Studio marketplace with a 4.8-star rating.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Conversely, developers will not hesitate to discuss when there are roadblocks; so it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s fair to assume that they will do the same when they feel that their coding environment needs an upgrade.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That is why it is not that difficult to keep the developers\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 toolkit up to date. Feedback from day-to-day interactions\u00c2\u00a0 are one of most accessible indicators for performance and friction points\u00e2\u20ac\u201drequiring no more than a chat with a team member. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Keeping track of developer satisfaction is one of the easiest productivity boosters. Suffice to say that if a developer asks for a specific tool, the confidence and productivity boost is often worth the initial investment.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_difficulty_in_gauging_productivity\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The difficulty in gauging productivity<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Business decision makers will often try to verify their developers\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 sentiments with a numbers-based <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.investopedia.com\/articles\/basics\/10\/guide-to-calculating-roi.asp#:~:text=Return%20on%20investment%20(ROI)%20is%20an%20approximate%20measure%20of%20an,finally%2C%20multiplying%20it%20by%20100.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">return on investment (ROI) analysis<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. In business speak, those are calculations and simulations on whether the purchase of a machine will benefit the business in the long-term.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Decision makers will rightfully ask: How much return of investment can we expect if we buy X number of Visual Assist licenses?<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How much can we expect to save when we invest into this productivity extension?<br \/>\n&#8211; A common question from our enterprise clients<\/span><\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Empirical studies regarding software dev productivity are hard to come by. Productivity extensions like Visual Assist save time but it <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cannot say by how much<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Those would need sophisticated tracking and behavior monitoring.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While certainly not something to underestimate, in-depth analyses take valuable time and effort on the side of company decision makers because most use cases will vary per team. The ceiling and floor ROI will adjust depending based on a number of factors including:\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How much of the tool is utilized<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Duration of usage<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Familiarity and skill with the tool<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a justified question but there is no easy and direct answer to it which is why the fastest and most efficient method would be to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.g2.com\/products\/visual-assist\/reviews#reviews\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener ugc\"><b>trust your developers<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For example, Visual Assist has many users who say that Visual Studio is <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">unusable<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> without Visual Assist. While that may be slightly exaggerated, once you get used to it it&#8217;s really hard to go back to vanilla Visual Studio. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With a reasonable amount of practice and familiarity, users also report that they can work 3 times faster with the plugin installed.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2757\" style=\"width: 912px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MicrosoftTeams-image-2.png?ssl=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2757\" data-attachment-id=\"2757\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/make-your-developers-happy-with-visual-assist\/microsoftteams-image-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MicrosoftTeams-image-2.png?fit=902%2C363&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"902,363\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Visual Assist Review\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;A Visual Assist user shares his review on G2.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MicrosoftTeams-image-2.png?fit=300%2C121&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MicrosoftTeams-image-2.png?fit=902%2C363&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-2757 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MicrosoftTeams-image-2.png?resize=902%2C363&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"902\" height=\"363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MicrosoftTeams-image-2.png?w=902&amp;ssl=1 902w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MicrosoftTeams-image-2.png?resize=300%2C121&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MicrosoftTeams-image-2.png?resize=768%2C309&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MicrosoftTeams-image-2.png?resize=360%2C145&amp;ssl=1 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 902px) 100vw, 902px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2757\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Visual Assist user shares his review on G2.<\/p><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Justifying_a_software_purchase\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Justifying a software purchase<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This begs the question: what fact-based estimate should companies and businesses use when choosing productivity software?\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One thing to keep in mind is that productivity-augmenting extensions like Visual Assist are extremely inexpensive compared to the overall cost of hiring a skilled developer.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To put that into perspective, a Visual Assist-equipped developer is <\/span><b>only 0.35% more expensive<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> than a developer without.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That means that as decision makers, you just need confirmation from your developers that this tool would, at the bare minimum, make them be 1% more productive to justify the initial investment. In terms of time saved, that is around 5 hours per year to break even.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2763\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Visual-Assist-Marginal-expense.png?ssl=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2763\" data-attachment-id=\"2763\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/make-your-developers-happy-with-visual-assist\/visual-assist-marginal-expense\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Visual-Assist-Marginal-expense.png?fit=1225%2C732&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1225,732\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Visual Assist Marginal expense\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Visual-Assist-Marginal-expense.png?fit=300%2C179&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Visual-Assist-Marginal-expense.png?fit=1024%2C612&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-2763 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Visual-Assist-Marginal-expense-1024x612.png?resize=1024%2C612&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Visual-Assist-Marginal-expense.png?resize=1024%2C612&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Visual-Assist-Marginal-expense.png?resize=300%2C179&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Visual-Assist-Marginal-expense.png?resize=768%2C459&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Visual-Assist-Marginal-expense.png?resize=360%2C215&amp;ssl=1 360w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Visual-Assist-Marginal-expense.png?w=1225&amp;ssl=1 1225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2763\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The ROI margin for Visual Assist is low. It pays for itself even with minimal use.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Say for example: A single VA license costs $280 per developer; a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salary.com\/research\/salary\/posting\/c-plus-plus-programmer-salary\">C++ developer&#8217;s annual wage<\/a> is around $75,000 per year. Calculating those, you would o<strong>nly be adding 0.35% to the overall cost of hiring a developer<\/strong>. That&#8217;s an extremely low margin to reach to justify the purchase.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can add other factors such as depreciation, deployment costs, and multi-license savings but even if you exaggerate those factors, there is minimal risk involved because of the huge ROI margin.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Simply speaking, listen to your developers. Even without exact numbers, it is one of the simplest and most cost-effective ways to improve the workspace quality\u00e2\u20ac\u201cand thus overall productivity.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"A_Try_Visual_Assist\"><\/span><b>\u00c2\u00a0Try Visual Assist<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_2541\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Code-Refactoring-VA-2022.jpg?ssl=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2541\" data-attachment-id=\"2541\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/webinar-recap-whats-new-in-visual-assist-2022\/code-refactoring-va-2022\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Code-Refactoring-VA-2022.jpg?fit=1133%2C859&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1133,859\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Code Refactoring VA 2022\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Code-Refactoring-VA-2022.jpg?fit=300%2C227&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Code-Refactoring-VA-2022.jpg?fit=1024%2C776&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-2541 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Code-Refactoring-VA-2022.png?resize=1024%2C776&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"webinar showcasing visual assist features\" width=\"1024\" height=\"776\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2541\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A webinar hosted by Visual Assist lead developer, Chris Gardner, showcasing code inspections, one of VA&#8217;s many productivity features.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ask your developers to give Visual Assist a spin. Leverage its many features and see if the productivity gains that everyone is talking about are true. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wholetomato.com\/downloads\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Try Visual Assist for 30 days<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In our last post, we estimated how much time and money an extension like Visual Assist save. 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