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0 pointsindymike3y ago0 comments

> Everyone who uses VSCode has surely used an IDE before. It just turns out they aren’t better in every way, and possibly not in the ways that matter.

Almost every junior I hire has only used Atom, Sublime or VS Code, especially JavaScript developers.

>VSCode plug-ins just have more eyeballs and work done on them for various ecosystems, for example. Especially for less common languages and features.

The reason to switch to an IDE from something more flexible like VSCode or Emacs is the amount of time spent keeping the editor working.

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tristan9573y ago

VSCode has been working just fine for me for the last 5 years. Not sure what you mean by "keeping it working." I program in C/C++, Rust, Python, Go, TypeScript, JavaScript, and Java. Never had a problem that made me bang my head against the desk.

IncRnd3y ago

> The reason to switch to an IDE from something more flexible like VSCode or Emacs is the amount of time spent keeping the editor working.

An editor will generally not stop working like a car without oil. But, IDEs may stop working due to more complex configurations and disparate use cases.