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What are the main reasons to choose Atom over e.g. Visual Studio Code?

• adrice727 11y ago
  I recently switched from Atom to VS Code. Everything in VS Code just seems to work, and I don't have any of the high CPU usage issues I had with Atom.
• jaxondu 11y ago
  When you have a faster computer?
• grinich 11y ago
  Atom currently has more plugins, larger community, etc. Ironically, both are built on ElectronJS: http://electron.atom.io/ http://electron.atom.io/
• erokar 11y ago
  Ecosystem, but not much more. Code is faster and has very good intellisense for JS. Though it's still in Beta it's been very stable and a pleasure to use.
  • hccampos 11y ago
    Indeed, the VSCode intellisense for JS is amazing, especially after the latest February release.
    • vbit 11y ago
      Given it is open source, couldn't Atom just re-use VSCode's intellisense?
• taylorwc 11y ago
  I use and like both. VS Code is definitely faster, but I love the tabs in Atom. As someone who grew up more in a browser than in a terminal, it just feels very natural. There are also more packages available within the Atom ecosystem, or at least, discovering useful packages and searching through them is better.