1) Speeds development.
2) Reduces coding errors.
Visual Studio with SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) transforms the SQL Server Database development process from single-object creation and editing to solution-based database development, maintenance, and deployment.
Solutions based paradigm brings the same features and tools available with object oriented languages: version control, build verification, unit testing, CI/CD, IntelliSense, code navigation, refactoring, and custom object templates.
Developers work with a database projects or connected databases – whether the database is local, on-premise, or in the cloud.
For more, read Microsoft’s SSDT introduction:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/ssdt/sql-server-data-tools
Rogge Heflin 