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Visual Studio Code 1.6

429 points by kevlened 10y ago

buckbova 10y ago
Looks like this editor is constantly improving. Anyone have an opinion on how this editor compares to webstorm? Suppose I'll have to just give it a try to find out.
- faceyspacey 10y ago
  debugging is the best I've ever experienced. Webstorm debugging was problematic for me a year and a half ago. Visual Code has surpassed Atom by far as well, which weirdly does NOT support client side debugging for javascript (and that's a major mistake on Atom's behalf). In VSCode debugging is of course provided by 3rd party packages, but their API and rich debugging GUI seems to make it extremely easy to hook into it. In short, if you're using webpack-generated sourcemaps, VSCode is the way to go. Being able to finally debug in your actual code (rather than Chrome devtools) is a dream come true! Otherwise I love their built-in linting and git support. Here's the chrome debugger: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=msjsdiag.debugger-for-chrome https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=msjsdiag... I've submitted several bug reports to its creator (a developer at Microsoft) and received prompt response as well as fixes! It lets you attach to running browser windows or launch a new one. Next and perhaps more importantly, there's a debugger for React Native!: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=vsmobile.vscode-react-native https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=vsmobile... And it works flawlessly, and brings along IntelliSense for React Native elements/apis, etc. If you're a javascript developer, drop what you're doing / what you're using, and make the shift to VSCode. If you're using Atom currently, you can likely find your same themes in the VSCode extension directory, which--for me--made the shift almost seamless (the feel shares a lot in common with Atom because of its Electron roots).
  - nachtigall 10y ago
    Same here, but for Firefox (which I prefer for WebDev). Just switched to VSCode because it's the only editor[1] that has a working JS Debugger for it: https://github.com/hbenl/vscode-firefox-debug https://github.com/hbenl/vscode-firefox-debug [1] Though other editors might follow. Just saw that the Firefox Debugger team would be interested in integrating their new react/redux based debugger into Atom: https://twitter.com/clarkbw/status/783358566858010624 https://twitter.com/clarkbw/status/783358566858010624
    - fandango 10y ago
      Would you say the Firefox debugger works equally well as the Chrome variant? (In terms of responsiveness, integration, overal experience). I really fancy the JS debugger of VSCode but I'd hate to drop Firefox for that.
      - nachtigall 10y ago
        I don't understand your question. > Would you say the Firefox debugger works equally well as the Chrome variant? Are you talking about the native debugger. Not sure. I only use the Chrome debugger from time to time, but mostly use the Firefox debugger. So it's ok, but since I use it all the time, I know it has its warts... Anyway, there are completely rebuilding it using react.js at the moment: https://hacks.mozilla.org/2016/09/introducing-debugger-html/ https://hacks.mozilla.org/2016/09/introducing-debugger-html/ > (In terms of responsiveness, integration, overal experience). As said I use it (firefox and vs code) all the time as a JS developer. > I really fancy the JS debugger of VSCode but I'd hate to drop Firefox for that. That's the part I really do not understand. I do use Firefox (and its native devtools), and I do use VSCode plus its Firefox extension. So no reason to drop Firefox ;)
- jahewson 10y ago
  I've found vscode to be noticeably faster than webstorm and consume fewer system resources.
- nomailing 10y ago
  I tried VSCode shortly but switched back to Webstorm mostly because I couldn't find comparable refactoring/renaming options in VSCode. Also js debugging options were not as feature rich as in Webstorm.
- rplnt 10y ago
  One nitpick I have is, it's not an editor. It sure does contain an editor, but calling it just editor creates some confusion (as can be seen in the comments here). Editor should be usable to just edit files, which VS Code really isn't (starting an instance and loading the file takes ages).
tomdale 10y ago
I have been using VS Code as my full-time editor for a few months now and couldn't be happier. Originally I was only using it for TypeScript projects, where the language integration is top-notch, but eventually found myself using it all the time. I use the vim plugin, which is surprisingly good although it does have a few issues still. The best thing about VS Code (and Microsoft's other big open source project, TypeScript) is the steady stream of releases. Because of the regular release cadence, small but important improvements never get blocked by some big feature that took longer than anticipated. As much as I wouldn't have believed this 10 years ago, Microsoft does open source better than almost everyone. VS Code: developed on GitHub, written in TypeScript, great extension API, clear roadmap and regular releases. I am a very happy user.
- ake1 10y ago
  i install every new release of vscode because i think it has the potential to become a good editor but the vim plugins are still far from good enough for me to use on a regular basis.
  - johnfn 10y ago
    Hi! I'm one of the developers of VSCodeVim, and I'd really like to know about the particular pain points you're running into when you're trying to use the extension. You can tell me here or open up issues on github - https://github.com/VSCodeVim/Vim/issues https://github.com/VSCodeVim/Vim/issues - whichever you prefer.
- k__ 10y ago
  Yes. When they delayed the tabs I was a bit bummed, but then the next release with the tabs came so fast, I found it funny that they even mentioned delaying them.
- david-given 10y ago
  I'm currently switching from gvim to vscode and back again every five minutes, in order to use vscode's debugger --- it's gdb integration is the best I've seen bar none [1][2]. If the vim emulation was good enough, I'd switch in a moment. Which, unfortunately, it's not, for me: the biggest omission is shift-Y/shift-P for yank and paste, which I use constantly, but there's holes everywhere. (Also, the way the vscode's autopopup thingy grabs the escape key is really annoying, but I'm sure that's configurable.) Two minor nitpicks: [1] I haven't figured out how to make the debugger show a pointer as an array yet. [2] I used to use ddd. By modern standards it's pretty rough, but it's data visualiser was unparalleled brilliance. (It allowed you to lay out structures on a canvas as boxes with arrows representing pointers.) I'd love to see that in vscode.
ausjke 10y ago
VSCode has been my full time editor. Thanks!!
elnado 10y ago
Probably the best editor for anything Javascript related. <3
- dvirsky 10y ago
  For me it's also amazingly good for C and Go development.
  - elnado 10y ago
    oh that's actually really good to hear - my team has a lot of backend services in Perl (yeah..) that we're moving to Go :)
    - PeCaN 10y ago
      Why would you rewrite already-working services written in an expressive and battle-tested language to a fad 1970s-style language? It's like being in the late 90s and replacing your existing infrastructure with Java hype, except with a language somehow worse but justified with Rob Pike's pseudointellectual bullshit.
      - baq 10y ago
        depending on technical debt in Perl code (which is quite easy to incur) it might make sense if you're still making changes to the project. also single-binary deployment is always nice, though in the world where docker exists not as big of a deal as it used to be a few years ago.
        pjmlp 10y ago
        > single-binary deployment is always nice Available since Fortran and not a Go only feature.
      - elnado 10y ago
        Haha fair argument. As someone pointed out - it's very easy to incur technical debt in Perl. It's a dynamic language with virtually non-existant dev tools and lacking open source community. I personally can't wait to go back to a static language for our backend. We're looking at NodeJS (of course...), JVM, and Go. Arguably you can fake typing in NodeJS with TypeScript, Flow, etc, but my team isn't too excited about JS for our backend, I personally have an allergic reaction to Java for backend and I really want a static language, so by process of elimination, Go wins.
Achshar 10y ago
What I find to be hilariously missing is drag & drop for the selected text. I tried switching to VS code a couple of days ago and realized I couldn't do such a basic thing. That and a decent FTP extension. No one wants to sync their entire project just to upload a single file. ugh.
- blacksmith_tb 10y ago
  Also the case for Atom, though? There are packages which provide it for Atom, though. Editing/uploading a single file could be handled via sshfs.
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  - Achshar 10y ago
    Never used atom, I use sublime. Also can't find any extension named sshfs. I don't want to install another FTP program and then open it up every time I want to make a change.
    - Rapzid 10y ago
      sshfs is a utility that allows you to mount a remote directory locally over an SSH connection.
      - chungy 10y ago
        There's also CurlFtpFS (or GVFS's FTP support) that mounts regular FTP. There really isn't a good reason a text editor should implement remote file protocols themselves. Let it be handled at a lower-level!
- david-given 10y ago
  You use drag and drop of selections? I don't think I've ever done that on purpose --- every time I've ever dragged selected text has been by accident, followed by much cursing as I try to fix my mangled document. I'd turn it off system-wide if I could!
markwaldron 10y ago
Just got the prompt to install, so I figured I'd check HN while it was rebooting and this was on the front page. I switched to VS Code from Atom about 2 months ago and I couldn't be happier!
NicoJuicy 10y ago
I always had Visual Studio for .Net development and for everything else it changed. First Notepad++, then Brackets, Atom, then Sublime Text and since 4 months it's always been Visual Studio Code. It's nuts how fast Visual Studio Code is evolving. Good job Microsoft, developers and the community. My only fear is that the application would become bloated, but for now it's still blazing fast. Even when i have to much extensions on :p Edit: I'm on HN because Visual Studio is updating for the next hour probably :) https://gyazo.com/5ec738470b265531975f2aea0834d72f https://gyazo.com/5ec738470b265531975f2aea0834d72f
- LyalinDotCom 10y ago
  We're very committed to fight bloat, as with any large software project its always a risk so please help keep us honest
  - NicoJuicy 10y ago
    I am not sure if you are talking about Visual Studio Code or Visual Studio ( which is still updating) I'm not talking about the IDE, the IDE runs great. Referencing Visual Studio as bloated was not my intention, i was afraid that Visual Studio Code got bloated. The only thing is that Visual Studio updates always take a long time, that's probably the only thing that is troubling me sometimes. It's been 2:30 hours updating now : https://gyazo.com/b8718354c629fbd6e0c4867dfb95e0eb https://gyazo.com/b8718354c629fbd6e0c4867dfb95e0eb I also know Visual Studio is a very big application ( i personally use mostly Asp.Net in combination with c# and Cordova) with many developers ( i heard 1200 developers in a talk with a Product Manager of Visual Studio). But 2:30 hours updating is just a very long time :)
  - socmag 10y ago
    VSCode is awesome. You are doing an excellent job! Please keep up the good work, it is very much appreciated.
sethammons 10y ago
I switched from _years_ on sublime (paid) to vscode in a hot minute for Go development. Awesome jump to declaration and linting. There is one thing it has trouble with and that is auto-complete from within sub-packages. Not sure why yet.
- alpb 10y ago
  You should submit an issue with a repro: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-go https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-go Go plugin is very much actively maintained.
  - sethammons 10y ago
    Good point. I had been meaning to do that for a while. Thanks for the nudge: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-go/issues/521 https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-go/issues/521
    - sethammons 10y ago
      Update: found out it was because I needed to run `go get` or `go install` to have the subpackages listed in my $GOPATH/pkg directory.
- iamcreasy 10y ago
  What is 'linting'?
  - xeromal 10y ago
    I could be wrong, but I think it's a rules-based approach to enforcing code standards in javascript and other languages.
    - renke1 10y ago
      Sounds about right. More broadly said, a linter shows things that you should fix.
foldr 10y ago
I'd like to switch from Atom but a few little niggles make me keep going back. I like how Ctrl+K has the emacs-style behavior in Atom, and there's an annoying bug in VSCod's tex mode which stops commenting and uncommenting of lines from working.
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- equasar 10y ago
  You can override any key combination.
  - foldr 10y ago
    I looked into it, but it wasn't obvious how to: (i) make Ctrl+K put the deleted line into the paste buffer. (ii) allow repeated applications of Ctrl+K to delete multiple lines.
    - jhasse 10y ago
      Is Ctrl+X what you're looking for? Maybe you can change the binding of that.
      - foldr 10y ago
        Thanks, that is what i was looking for. Feel a bit silly for not noticing it, but it seems like an unusual behavior to associate with the 'cut' shortcut.
        jhasse 10y ago
        I think they got that from Sublime Text ;)
  - SiVal 10y ago
    But not key/mouse combinations, unfortunately. I'd like to remap the insert-additional-cursor action to cmd-click on a Mac instead of alt-click (I think it's cmd-click in both Sublime and Atom, but not VSCode), but they left click events out of the keyboard remapping (at least so far).
daeken 10y ago
I've recently switched to VS Code full time for C# and Python development and I couldn't be happier. While I miss some of the more intelligent intellisense from full VS, I love that I can do all of my dev on OS X. Its integration with .NET Core makes my life easy; really can't complain at all.
- JoelBennett 10y ago
  I was curious to know how it worked for Python. I might have to give it a serious go...
  - daeken 10y ago
    I wish it did a bit more in the way of completing methods on objects (it sometimes will, but only in super clear-cut situations), but outside of that it's solid. Completely replaced Sublime for me, outside of the subl command line.
- Pxtl 10y ago
  Really, for c#? I assumed that the type-inferencing in and extension methods would make proper IDE support of C# on a "light" platform like vscode impossible. How do you manage your vcproj file?
  - daeken 10y ago
    I figured the same! But it handles type inference, extension methods, using static, etc like a champ. Even does completion for project.json. I don't use vcproj since I just use dotnet core.
    - Pxtl 10y ago
      I thought project.json got mothballed? Did they take another kick at it and make it work?
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renke1 10y ago
I switched from Atom to Visual Studio Code for my new project (TypeScript frontend and Go backend) and I am really impressed. Although the Go support is really good in Atom (missing a few things like debugging and jump to definition via mouse), the TypeScript support is significantly slower than in Visual Studio Code. There are few things missing Visual Studio Code though: Multiple top-level folders, customizable UI (font size in particular), a few essential extensions that Atom has and probably other things I forgot.
- Stratoscope 10y ago
  You can customize the font face and font size. It even supports proportional fonts! You just have to hand-edit settings.json to do it. Go into File/Preferences/User Settings and copy the editor.fontFamily and editor.fontSize lines from the left panel to the right and edit them to what you want. What bothers me about the font rendering, though, is that for some reason they have disabled ClearType! Everything uses grayscale antialiasing instead of subpixel antialiasing. So for my eyes the text is harder to read than Visual Studio and all my other apps. I know a lot of people don't like ClearType, but I took the time to go through the ClearType tuner and adjust it to my taste - mostly going with darker, heavier rendering than the default - and now ClearType text looks wonderful on both my high-DPI displays.
  - renke1 10y ago
    Yes, the editor font can be changed. The interface font (menus, sidebars) not so much. The only thing you can do is scale the whole UI which feels awkward at best.
- Gee19 10y ago
  I love so many thing about VSCode but multiple top-level folders is a necessity in order for me to use this as my daily editor. Microsoft pls
  - Analemma_ 10y ago
    Use the UserVoice, Luke! It's the main way they get feedback and feature requests and they seem to really pay attention to it.
mooveprince 10y ago
Started with brackets, moved to Atom and settled at VS Code. Like their monthly release with useful features
niyazpk 10y ago
Can I use VS Code to work with remote files? I almost always work with remote files for development at my day job and would like to switch to VSCode for its better JS support. Right now I am using SublimeText3 with the rsub plugin to edit remote files. What workflow do you guys use when working with remote files?
- soulbadguy 10y ago
  That's a good question. I usually use remote drives."sshfs" is usualy the easiest option to setup on a linux box. And when well configure the speed is great
- matt4077 10y ago
  I stopped doing that in the nineties. Are you working life on production systems, do you need some really special dev environment, or why wouldn't you work locally or at least in a local VM?
- jordwest 10y ago
  We use Unison[1] to keep a local copy in sync with remote, then just pop open the local copy in any editor. It sits and watches both the local and remote filesystem for updates, it's fast and efficient, even in large projects. Downside is that it needs to be installed on both ends for the filesystem watching to work. [1] https://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/ https://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/
santaclaus 10y ago
Is it possible to open the same file in multiple tabs, yet? You can split screen a file but that gets cramped on a notebook display...
andrewingram 10y ago
I've been using VSCode for a few months now, I'm finding it to be really powerful. Main downsides for me: * The Flow support (via an extension) is pretty far behind the TypeScript support, which is understandable but not ideal. * It doesn't yet have the critical mass of mindshare for it to be primary target for extension authors, i'm hoping that changes. * The lack of ability to customise/theme the UI means I can't do anything about the fact that my syntax theme looks totally out of place in the UI.
donatj 10y ago
I love VSCode. Sublime still trumps it in two places though - multi-cursor support in VSCode isn't quite as powerful as Sublime I particularly miss the middle click, drag, select rectangle [1]. The other area is that global search/replace isn't as powerful or nearly as quick. I'm hoping both of these are things they fix in time. [1] http://jdon.at/19OUp http://jdon.at/19OUp
- shogun21 10y ago
  Middle-click and drag is a game-changer! Thanks for the heads up.
  - seanmcb 10y ago
    Try this https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/editingevolved#_column-box-text-selection https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/editingevolved#_co... and for multi cursor https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/editingevolved#_multiple-selections https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/editingevolved#_mu... Sean - a member of the @code team.
    - buu700 10y ago
      I love VS Code (we're pretty invested in TypeScript, so it was a natural fit), but the one thing I really miss from Sublime is that code preview thing that shows a bird's-eye view of the current file and lets you click around to any part of it. Any idea if there is or will be a way to enable the same functionality in VS Code? Edit: Apparently this is called the "minimap" and is a popular feature request, so guess that answers that.
- brynjolf 10y ago
  And speed. Sublime beats it in speed by a huge margin sadly.
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jpdias 10y ago
I only miss a code minimap. It's my choice for code editor since its release, replacing Atom.
- Cthulhu_ 10y ago
  I've honestly never found a practical use for that. But then, most of my code files are either at most 2-3 pages long, or things like long .json files in which a minimap doesn't really help much.
ggregoire 10y ago
I moved to VSCode 2 month ago, after 6 years with Sublime. Really happy so far. Their team does an amazing work. If interested, this is the list of extensions that I use for JS development: - Eclipse theme (a theme with a decent color scheme for ES6+, JSX and Flow types) - https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=tdtp23.eclipse-theme https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=tdtp23.e... - Nomo Dark Icon Theme (icons) - https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=be5invis.vscode-icontheme-nomo-dark https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=be5invis... - Path Intellisense (local imports autocomplete) - https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=christian-kohler.path-intellisense https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=christia... - Npm Intellisense (3rd libs imports autocomplete) - https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=christian-kohler.npm-intellisense https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=christia... - Typings autoinstaller (3rd libs types) - https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=jvitor83.typings-autoinstaller https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=jvitor83... - Auto Close Tag (close JSX tags, not perfect but better than nothing) - https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=formulahendry.auto-close-tag https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=formulah... - Flow for VSCode (to support Flow types) - https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=flowtype.flow-for-vscode https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=flowtype... - ES6 snippets - https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=xabikos.JavaScriptSnippets https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=xabikos.... - React snippets - https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=xabikos.ReactSnippets https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=xabikos....
- g0atbutt 10y ago
  This is very helpful, thanks!
ssebastianj 10y ago
The Python coding experience in VS Code is very nice. Regarding to debugging Python code, can't say much about it just because I started using it yesterday. Even so, was a pleasant experience too.
- sdfin 10y ago
  I started using it last week for Python. My experience was also good. Configuring venv to work with the integrated console was very simple.
problems 10y ago
Did they ever fix the DPI scaling issues?
- jve 10y ago
  What do you mean by DPI scaling? I'm using VSCode on Windows on retina-y display with something like 200% scaling and no issues.
- Matthias247 10y ago
  I don't have any scaling issues on my Win10 4k 175% scaling setup. But unfortunately text rendering is still blurry compared to native editors due to the underlying Electron/Chromium renderer. Hope this will get resolved soon :'( https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/1896 https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/1896
  - ygra 10y ago
    I guess that's what they meant. While the scaled-up result has the correct size and avoids other artifacts of broken high-dpi rendering, it's, well, blurry. However, I suspect that this is more a Chromium/Electron issue than one for VS Code and other applications built like that. Heck, not even Chrome scales properly on high-dpi displays, which is pretty poor in my eyes.
    - problems 10y ago
      Hmm, Chrome looks perfectly fine on my high-DPI display (4k 150%), but both Atom and VSCode have major issues. Possibly an Electron issue I suppose, but I can't say for certain. Pretty ridiculous that almost every other app I run scales perfectly now, but text editors don't. Of course, Emacs, Notepad++ and Sublime all work perfectly so it doesn't impede me much.
- renke1 10y ago
  It works okay on my X1 Carbon, but it's still not perfect because the interface font size cannot be changed. That means you have tweak your editor font size and zoom factor to get a good result.
sorenjan 10y ago
If any of the VS Code developers are reading this, I have a few suggestions: When I open a single code file with VS Code, I'd like the workspace to automatically get populated with the other files in the same folder, or at least have a simple option to do so. I like that VS Code use the folder structure instead of a special project file like .sln, but this is a small annoyance since I often open single files before deciding that I want to continue to work on the whole project. Make it easier to run Python code. I don't think there's an easy way to run my script and see the output in a terminal without filling in some json file? Please correct me if I'm wrong. I'd really like support for Jupyter notebooks. They're already web based, so it makes sense. For new users or users that only use it rarely it seems a bit opaque with json based settings, and a lot of things hidden behind a command palettes. It's great to be able to do everything with the keyboard, but maybe surface some of the things in a GUI too? Visual Studio with Python tools are my IDE of choice for Python, so there's every chance the VS Code will become a great Python development tool too.
- kwood 10y ago
  > Make it easier to run Python code. I don't think there's an easy way to run my script and see the output in a terminal without filling in some json file? Please correct me if I'm wrong. There are multiple extensions that run code without any setup for almost any language. I use https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=formulahendry.code-runner https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=formulah...
- sc4les 10y ago
  Hm there is this for fast (shell) execution: https://github.com/DonJayamanne/pythonVSCode/wiki/Miscellaneous#execute-in-python-terminal https://github.com/DonJayamanne/pythonVSCode/wiki/Miscellane... Jupyter support has been added in version 4.0: https://github.com/DonJayamanne/pythonVSCode/releases https://github.com/DonJayamanne/pythonVSCode/releases
elorant 10y ago
How does VS Code compares to Atom? If I'm not mistaken they're both written in Electron, right?
- sidusknight 10y ago
  VS Code doesn't run like shit.
- unsignedint 10y ago
  It supports Unicode BOM correctly. Looks like this STILL is a long standing issue for Atom.[0] [0]:https://github.com/atom/encoding-selector/issues/18 https://github.com/atom/encoding-selector/issues/18
- laurentdc 10y ago
  Much faster and less of a memory hog.
jordache 10y ago
does it still not have flexible split window feature? argh...
- rplnt 10y ago
  What exactly do you mean by "flexible split window"?
  - jordache 10y ago
    split 'em however you want.. not just the 3 columns or 3 rows layouts
    - rplnt 10y ago
      Ah, I see. It's not even in Sublime2 (there's only 2 by 2 layout). One full height column and one split does sound useful.
      - jordache 10y ago
        it is in sublime 2, via the More Layouts plugin
bsznjyewgd 10y ago
Is there an option/mode to simply highlight matching parentheses for plain text or files that don't have their own language modes?
- SiVal 10y ago
  I want the appearance of the bracket matching to be specifiable as a preference, so I can make it as visible as I want to make it and not have to just live with what someone decides is best for me and hardcodes.
silicon123 10y ago
for js editing vs code is great and even for small java projects you can use vs code. a better maven integration in the redhat java extension would be great, though
neves 10y ago
Now MS just have to seamless integrate their Ubuntu Bash filesystem with the Windows filesystem so I can create files in VSCode and access then in the ubuntu shell. They will build the best dev environment.
- oridecon 10y ago
  An environment that doesn't match your production server is far from being the best one (this doesn't apply to all cases but you get the idea)
  - dyu- 10y ago
    Agree 100%. Ubuntu desktop and server is gaining market share among devs (those who prefer working on bare-metal) for precisely this reason.
- Matthias247 10y ago
  What are you missing specifically there? The windows filesystem is already mounted in bash for windows, so you can access files created from Code there. However I didn't found that of too much use since I can't run windows executables from there and so WSL is pretty isolated. Instead I still use msys/cygwin for the shell which has it's quirks (file path magic) but works. In combination with docker for windows and volume mounts there I can even cross compile Linux executables on the windows shell, which is pretty cool.
HappyAndHarmles 10y ago
Is anybody using VS Code for Haskell development? How is the extension like?
usaphp 10y ago
I don't know, every time I see a new release of Atom or VS code and people praising it in comments I go ahead and download it and open the project that I am currently working on in Sublime for side by side comparison. And what strikes me most is how smooth Sublime is compared to Visual Studio Code or Atom (at least on my mac, I dont know about windows experience). Scrolling is much slower in VSC and searching through files is much much worse than in Sublime. Those little things are what makes an editor a winner, it just does not slow you down and annoy you. So once again Visual Studio Code failed to lure me away from Sublime, I dont even know why I am still trying to...I love Sublime Text.
- rtpg 10y ago
  Here's a good test: Do you want a text editor, or do you want something that's close to an IDE? Atom/VS Code exist to be IDE-y, not as thought experiments on text editors in the browser. Their advantages are in the ease of developing extensions and tools that aren't part of the core package. The difference is similar to Vim/Emacs. Of course Vim has some IDE-y plugins, but they're rarely as rich as what ends up getting built in Emacs.
  - usaphp 10y ago
    Choppy scrolling is a high price to pay for an IDE in my opinion.
    - joaomoreno 10y ago
      Do you mind filling an issue on GitHub about the choppy scrolling? It should definitely not be choppy.
    - reinhardt1053 10y ago
      It's definitely not choppy on my machine. There must be something wrong with your configuration. I would suggest to submit an issue on GitHub.
- rplnt 10y ago
  VS Code, at least on Windows, doesn't have smooth scrolling enabled. Is that what you mean by choppy? It's definitely bad UX, lines just jumping around. I haven't found a way to enable it (very quick google told me nothing either).
reactor 10y ago
Any idea how to get it running on a Windows Machine where I don't have admin rights? (typical work setup). Any portable version available?
HNSucksAss 10y ago
"We added a new command to let you quickly move between open Windows of VS Code. Simply open the Command Palette (⇧⌘P) and type Switch Window. A dropdown will appear showing all the opened VS Code Windows..." That doesn't seem fast.
Philipp__ 10y ago
While this editor really attracts me, (it has that Emacs-y vibe, where it integrates many external tools in nice cohesive interface) I still cannot overcome that it is still basically an electron app. Atom is just a no go, despite all the candy looks and nice little plugins, I cannot justify energy and memory usage. I heard VSCode is totally different story, but I have yet to find js developed desktop app that doesn't make me cringe! Previously I bothered, and tried many of them. Now I just don't even try, just skip. And VSCode looks sweet, really sweet! And I would like to try it if, but the way and nature of application is pushing me away. Maybe if some of you folks convince me I'm wrong I'll give it a shot. :)
- Already__Taken 10y ago
  The time it took you to write that you could already have downloaded it and given it a go. Why waste our time to convince you?
  - Philipp__ 10y ago
    Why so salty? You don't have to waste time at all, not even so to comment on my post.
- shakna 10y ago
  I despise Electron and the culture it encourages of huge, slow applications. I do have to say, that VS Code is entirely different, and the first time I played with it, I didn't realise it was using Electron. It is really solidly engineered, with an insane amount of time and effort by great people working on the best of features for what an IDE needs, rather than the next shiny feature. (Scrolling, Time Travel Debugging, functional end points within to better allow for Vim and Emacs style integrations). My upshot? Give it a chance. This isn't something insane created by someone convinced Electron solves all their problems for them. Its experts in TypeScript using what they know, inside and out, to make something deserving of the expert's attention. The installer is 30ish MB, unliked the 200ish I've seen from a ton of Electron applications. gVim takes up the same amount of space on my system.
  - 10y ago
headmelted 10y ago
I've been working lately on getting Visual Studio Code to compile for ARM. Its working fairly reliably but Travis doesnt support the toolchain so Im having to use Gitlab CI in the meantime. I want to give this a little more polish before I release, but can I gauge from the folks here if there would be any interest in ARM nightlies for Raspberry Pi (and other ARM SBCs)/ARM Chromebooks? If so, I'll move some things around to get it done in the next few days. Works really well on Chrome OS with Crouton, owing to the integrated terminal: https://twitter.com/headmelted/status/778458660003393536 https://twitter.com/headmelted/status/778458660003393536
- shakna 10y ago
  Not so sure about a Raspberry Pi, it'd probably just be a novelty there, considering how slow the Pi is running Chromium and the like. (Though the Pi 3 might be able to handle it better). Chromebooks on the other hand, sound like a great idea.
  - headmelted 10y ago
    That's what I thought, but it runs quite well on a RPi2. Extensions working well too, at least as many as I have tried.
- speps 10y ago
  > Travis doesnt support the toolchain so Im having to use Gitlab CI in the meantime. AppVeyor has really good Windows images : https://www.appveyor.com/ https://www.appveyor.com/
- turtle4 10y ago
  I would love to see in on rpi3 as an alternate editor for python, node, go if it could be performant.
jurgenwerk 10y ago
Does it have fuzzy search by whole file path yet?
- kwood 10y ago
  Yep, works. Even without using slashes in the search string.
tsaprailis 10y ago
This might sound like a weird question, but after a lot of search I found no keyboard shortcut to toggle between the editor and integrated terminal. It sound like a I'm picky but it's a bit of a timewaster to have to pick up the mouse just to switch from editor to the integrated terminal. A most I could use an external terminal window but that kinda defeats the purpose of having an integrated one I think. Is there such a key binding?
- CaRDiaK 10y ago
  https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/integrated-terminal https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/integrated-termina...
  - tsaprailis 10y ago
    Thanks for the feedback. I had assigned a different shortcut to "ctrl+`" so I was getting a different result that toggle.
- kwood 10y ago
  What you're really looking for is exactly 1 shortcut: cmd+shift-p (or ctrl-shift-p, depending on the platform) for the command palette, where you can fuzzy search for every available command. If a command has a keyboard shortcut (toggle terminal has one), it's in that list. It even shows your custom shortcuts.
  - tsaprailis 10y ago
    Thanks for the feedback. I had assigned a different shortcut to "ctrl+`" so I was getting a different result that toggle.
- socmag 10y ago
  Ctrl-~?
- Already__Taken 10y ago
  Other commenters aren't answering this. ctrl+` hides or opens the terminal. If you want to leave it open there's no command to toggle only your cursor focus from editor to terminal. edit: I take it back, It's just not bound.{"key": "ctrl+#", "command": "workbench.action.terminal.focus"} But you can't move the focus back with that toggle. https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/integrated-terminal#_key-bindings https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/integrated-termina...
crashdown 10y ago
in before sublime/atom is better...
konart 10y ago
Still can't work with proxy without some magic tricks at my office. Still slow as hell. Not sure if it can open large log files (Atom crashed whenever you try to open pretty small log file, like 60mb or something) etc. I don't get why whould anyone prefer this to Sublime, to be honest.
- night815 10y ago
  How do you work with proxy? I can't install any extensions without manually downloading and installing.
  - Already__Taken 10y ago
    You can set the http.proxy option in your settings.json. I have to use just "http.proxyStrictSSL": false because we MITM traffic and the bundled node doesn't check the windows cert store.
    - night815 10y ago
      I can see the list of extensions doing this but trying to install gives "Server returned 407". UPDATE: Turns out I have to include my username and password in the URL. I don't install extensions often so I will do this temporary when I do.
jason_slack 10y ago
How is Markdown support? Does it support GitHub Markdown? I'm using Atom as it has some nice plugins. But I tend to preview my markdown in Marked 2 anyway.
- kwood 10y ago
  It does support Github Flavoured Markdown and has a preview mode built in, no extension needed.
  - jason_slack 10y ago
    Awesome. Thank you. I haven't tried VSCode since before 1.0. Downloading now. I'd love to get away from Atom.
astrostl 10y ago
I love VSC, and use it for Python. It's the only GUI editor that's ever "stuck" for me, having bought Textmate, tried Sublime, etc. Always go back to CLI Vim. I'm coming from the perspective of someone that hates IDEs, and only wants a bit more than what Vim provides in terms of battery inclusion. I think VSC's level of Git integration, for example, is perfect for me. Handle the common stuff, drop to the CLI for the rest. Extensions, especially relative to Sublime, also perfect for me. The rate of improvement, while obviously a draw, only manages to give me fear that it's going to turn into IDEA or whatever, nested menus upon menus of corner-case features that I will never, ever use. My brand of minimalism actually makes me wish they would slow down :P
kyloren 10y ago
Switched to VS code from atom and loving it already. This is what Atom should look like. Atom has become so bloated it's a pain to use now. But there was a previous comment online maybe on HN or Reddit about an issue in the privacy policy or license in VS code. Any idea about that??
david-given 10y ago
There's no support yet for non-git version control systems, right? I gather they want to add support for this via extensions, but the underlying APIs aren't there yet. Does anyone know if there's an ETA for this? (I'm a Mercurial shop.)
greyfox 10y ago
i use brackets right now, would i like this?
omaranto 10y ago
Are there any VS Code users around who used to use either Emacs or Vim who might share a few things they feel VS Code does better? I'm curious about these modern editors and sometimes wonder what they have to offer besides possibly being easier to learn (an advantage I'm not interested in).
- kornerstoane 10y ago
  Vi/Vim user since 1992. Flirted with emacs every so often. I haven't used Vim in 9 months since installing VS Code. Here's why: 1. IntelliSense support is the best outside of Visual Studio itself. 2. Integrated debugging (currently use C#/mono and Python debuggers a lot) 3. Great git integration. Best "GUI" client around. (advanced git features are not provided, but everyday stuff is really well done) 4. Visually appealing. Not saddled with a terminal heritage. Just to name a few. Yes, Vim and Emacs have all of these, to some degree. But VS Code does them all better (IMO). It's fun to use. There's a lot to discover, but there's enough there to be productive right from the start.
  - omaranto 10y ago
    Thanks! It seems that most of those advantages are not directly about text editing but more about being a better IDE. I guess that for someone like me, that uses Emacs mostly for writing prose and for file management, and only occasionally for programming, the things you mention don't sound as attractive (and when coding I never use a debugger, which is probably a mistake on my part). About git: have you tried magit for Emacs?
    - kornerstoane 10y ago
      Yes, I have used magit while trying to find some love for emacs. It's fine. But I still prefer VS Code's git integration. It's the simplest client I've seen. I don't mind using the command line for git, but if I'm in the editor, I can do anything I need to do for my daily workflow with keyboard commands or point and click, whichever mood I'm in. And as far as text editing, there is a lot that VS Code provides for getting around and moving around text and windows and files. Multiple cursors and syntax-aware selections provide me what I loved about Vim (macros and text objects). And now I don't drive myself nuts hitting the escape key in every other application where I type some text.
sireat 10y ago
Is there a good VS Code extension / built in support for function / method list on a separate side bar? Something similar to Structure view in Webstorm or Function List in Notepad++? I learned that Ctrl-Shift-O will show functions but it is a not a permanent view.
- hex13 10y ago
  There will be. Maybe I will port my Atom plugin ( https://atom.io/packages/atom-lupa https://atom.io/packages/atom-lupa ) to VSCode or maybe I'll write from scratch whole thing. I don't know when exactly though (now I'm making something bigger than that and it takes time).
tofupup 10y ago
neat

429 points by kevlened 10y ago

Looks like this editor is constantly improving. Anyone have an opinion on how this editor compares to webstorm? Suppose I'll have to just give it a try to find out.

faceyspacey 10y ago
debugging is the best I've ever experienced. Webstorm debugging was problematic for me a year and a half ago. Visual Code has surpassed Atom by far as well, which weirdly does NOT support client side debugging for javascript (and that's a major mistake on Atom's behalf). In VSCode debugging is of course provided by 3rd party packages, but their API and rich debugging GUI seems to make it extremely easy to hook into it. In short, if you're using webpack-generated sourcemaps, VSCode is the way to go. Being able to finally debug in your actual code (rather than Chrome devtools) is a dream come true! Otherwise I love their built-in linting and git support. Here's the chrome debugger: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=msjsdiag.debugger-for-chrome https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=msjsdiag... I've submitted several bug reports to its creator (a developer at Microsoft) and received prompt response as well as fixes! It lets you attach to running browser windows or launch a new one. Next and perhaps more importantly, there's a debugger for React Native!: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=vsmobile.vscode-react-native https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=vsmobile... And it works flawlessly, and brings along IntelliSense for React Native elements/apis, etc. If you're a javascript developer, drop what you're doing / what you're using, and make the shift to VSCode. If you're using Atom currently, you can likely find your same themes in the VSCode extension directory, which--for me--made the shift almost seamless (the feel shares a lot in common with Atom because of its Electron roots).
- nachtigall 10y ago
  Same here, but for Firefox (which I prefer for WebDev). Just switched to VSCode because it's the only editor[1] that has a working JS Debugger for it: https://github.com/hbenl/vscode-firefox-debug https://github.com/hbenl/vscode-firefox-debug [1] Though other editors might follow. Just saw that the Firefox Debugger team would be interested in integrating their new react/redux based debugger into Atom: https://twitter.com/clarkbw/status/783358566858010624 https://twitter.com/clarkbw/status/783358566858010624
  - fandango 10y ago
    Would you say the Firefox debugger works equally well as the Chrome variant? (In terms of responsiveness, integration, overal experience). I really fancy the JS debugger of VSCode but I'd hate to drop Firefox for that.
    - nachtigall 10y ago
      I don't understand your question. > Would you say the Firefox debugger works equally well as the Chrome variant? Are you talking about the native debugger. Not sure. I only use the Chrome debugger from time to time, but mostly use the Firefox debugger. So it's ok, but since I use it all the time, I know it has its warts... Anyway, there are completely rebuilding it using react.js at the moment: https://hacks.mozilla.org/2016/09/introducing-debugger-html/ https://hacks.mozilla.org/2016/09/introducing-debugger-html/ > (In terms of responsiveness, integration, overal experience). As said I use it (firefox and vs code) all the time as a JS developer. > I really fancy the JS debugger of VSCode but I'd hate to drop Firefox for that. That's the part I really do not understand. I do use Firefox (and its native devtools), and I do use VSCode plus its Firefox extension. So no reason to drop Firefox ;)
jahewson 10y ago
I've found vscode to be noticeably faster than webstorm and consume fewer system resources.
nomailing 10y ago
I tried VSCode shortly but switched back to Webstorm mostly because I couldn't find comparable refactoring/renaming options in VSCode. Also js debugging options were not as feature rich as in Webstorm.
rplnt 10y ago
One nitpick I have is, it's not an editor. It sure does contain an editor, but calling it just editor creates some confusion (as can be seen in the comments here). Editor should be usable to just edit files, which VS Code really isn't (starting an instance and loading the file takes ages).

tomdale 10y ago

I have been using VS Code as my full-time editor for a few months now and couldn't be happier. Originally I was only using it for TypeScript projects, where the language integration is top-notch, but eventually found myself using it all the time. I use the vim plugin, which is surprisingly good although it does have a few issues still. The best thing about VS Code (and Microsoft's other big open source project, TypeScript) is the steady stream of releases. Because of the regular release cadence, small but important improvements never get blocked by some big feature that took longer than anticipated. As much as I wouldn't have believed this 10 years ago, Microsoft does open source better than almost everyone. VS Code: developed on GitHub, written in TypeScript, great extension API, clear roadmap and regular releases. I am a very happy user.

ake1 10y ago
i install every new release of vscode because i think it has the potential to become a good editor but the vim plugins are still far from good enough for me to use on a regular basis.
- johnfn 10y ago
  Hi! I'm one of the developers of VSCodeVim, and I'd really like to know about the particular pain points you're running into when you're trying to use the extension. You can tell me here or open up issues on github - https://github.com/VSCodeVim/Vim/issues https://github.com/VSCodeVim/Vim/issues - whichever you prefer.
k__ 10y ago
Yes. When they delayed the tabs I was a bit bummed, but then the next release with the tabs came so fast, I found it funny that they even mentioned delaying them.
david-given 10y ago
I'm currently switching from gvim to vscode and back again every five minutes, in order to use vscode's debugger --- it's gdb integration is the best I've seen bar none [1][2]. If the vim emulation was good enough, I'd switch in a moment. Which, unfortunately, it's not, for me: the biggest omission is shift-Y/shift-P for yank and paste, which I use constantly, but there's holes everywhere. (Also, the way the vscode's autopopup thingy grabs the escape key is really annoying, but I'm sure that's configurable.) Two minor nitpicks: [1] I haven't figured out how to make the debugger show a pointer as an array yet. [2] I used to use ddd. By modern standards it's pretty rough, but it's data visualiser was unparalleled brilliance. (It allowed you to lay out structures on a canvas as boxes with arrows representing pointers.) I'd love to see that in vscode.

ausjke 10y ago

VSCode has been my full time editor. Thanks!!

elnado 10y ago

Probably the best editor for anything Javascript related. <3

dvirsky 10y ago
For me it's also amazingly good for C and Go development.
- elnado 10y ago
  oh that's actually really good to hear - my team has a lot of backend services in Perl (yeah..) that we're moving to Go :)
  - PeCaN 10y ago
    Why would you rewrite already-working services written in an expressive and battle-tested language to a fad 1970s-style language? It's like being in the late 90s and replacing your existing infrastructure with Java hype, except with a language somehow worse but justified with Rob Pike's pseudointellectual bullshit.
    - baq 10y ago
      depending on technical debt in Perl code (which is quite easy to incur) it might make sense if you're still making changes to the project. also single-binary deployment is always nice, though in the world where docker exists not as big of a deal as it used to be a few years ago.
      - pjmlp 10y ago
        > single-binary deployment is always nice Available since Fortran and not a Go only feature.
    - elnado 10y ago
      Haha fair argument. As someone pointed out - it's very easy to incur technical debt in Perl. It's a dynamic language with virtually non-existant dev tools and lacking open source community. I personally can't wait to go back to a static language for our backend. We're looking at NodeJS (of course...), JVM, and Go. Arguably you can fake typing in NodeJS with TypeScript, Flow, etc, but my team isn't too excited about JS for our backend, I personally have an allergic reaction to Java for backend and I really want a static language, so by process of elimination, Go wins.

Achshar 10y ago

What I find to be hilariously missing is drag & drop for the selected text. I tried switching to VS code a couple of days ago and realized I couldn't do such a basic thing. That and a decent FTP extension. No one wants to sync their entire project just to upload a single file. ugh.

blacksmith_tb 10y ago
Also the case for Atom, though? There are packages which provide it for Atom, though. Editing/uploading a single file could be handled via sshfs.
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- Achshar 10y ago
  Never used atom, I use sublime. Also can't find any extension named sshfs. I don't want to install another FTP program and then open it up every time I want to make a change.
  - Rapzid 10y ago
    sshfs is a utility that allows you to mount a remote directory locally over an SSH connection.
    - chungy 10y ago
      There's also CurlFtpFS (or GVFS's FTP support) that mounts regular FTP. There really isn't a good reason a text editor should implement remote file protocols themselves. Let it be handled at a lower-level!
david-given 10y ago
You use drag and drop of selections? I don't think I've ever done that on purpose --- every time I've ever dragged selected text has been by accident, followed by much cursing as I try to fix my mangled document. I'd turn it off system-wide if I could!

markwaldron 10y ago

Just got the prompt to install, so I figured I'd check HN while it was rebooting and this was on the front page. I switched to VS Code from Atom about 2 months ago and I couldn't be happier!

NicoJuicy 10y ago

I always had Visual Studio for .Net development and for everything else it changed. First Notepad++, then Brackets, Atom, then Sublime Text and since 4 months it's always been Visual Studio Code. It's nuts how fast Visual Studio Code is evolving. Good job Microsoft, developers and the community. My only fear is that the application would become bloated, but for now it's still blazing fast. Even when i have to much extensions on :p Edit: I'm on HN because Visual Studio is updating for the next hour probably :) https://gyazo.com/5ec738470b265531975f2aea0834d72f https://gyazo.com/5ec738470b265531975f2aea0834d72f

LyalinDotCom 10y ago
We're very committed to fight bloat, as with any large software project its always a risk so please help keep us honest
- NicoJuicy 10y ago
  I am not sure if you are talking about Visual Studio Code or Visual Studio ( which is still updating) I'm not talking about the IDE, the IDE runs great. Referencing Visual Studio as bloated was not my intention, i was afraid that Visual Studio Code got bloated. The only thing is that Visual Studio updates always take a long time, that's probably the only thing that is troubling me sometimes. It's been 2:30 hours updating now : https://gyazo.com/b8718354c629fbd6e0c4867dfb95e0eb https://gyazo.com/b8718354c629fbd6e0c4867dfb95e0eb I also know Visual Studio is a very big application ( i personally use mostly Asp.Net in combination with c# and Cordova) with many developers ( i heard 1200 developers in a talk with a Product Manager of Visual Studio). But 2:30 hours updating is just a very long time :)
- socmag 10y ago
  VSCode is awesome. You are doing an excellent job! Please keep up the good work, it is very much appreciated.

sethammons 10y ago

I switched from _years_ on sublime (paid) to vscode in a hot minute for Go development. Awesome jump to declaration and linting. There is one thing it has trouble with and that is auto-complete from within sub-packages. Not sure why yet.

alpb 10y ago
You should submit an issue with a repro: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-go https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-go Go plugin is very much actively maintained.
- sethammons 10y ago
  Good point. I had been meaning to do that for a while. Thanks for the nudge: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-go/issues/521 https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-go/issues/521
  - sethammons 10y ago
    Update: found out it was because I needed to run `go get` or `go install` to have the subpackages listed in my $GOPATH/pkg directory.
iamcreasy 10y ago
What is 'linting'?
- xeromal 10y ago
  I could be wrong, but I think it's a rules-based approach to enforcing code standards in javascript and other languages.
  - renke1 10y ago
    Sounds about right. More broadly said, a linter shows things that you should fix.

foldr 10y ago

I'd like to switch from Atom but a few little niggles make me keep going back. I like how Ctrl+K has the emacs-style behavior in Atom, and there's an annoying bug in VSCod's tex mode which stops commenting and uncommenting of lines from working.

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equasar 10y ago
You can override any key combination.
- foldr 10y ago
  I looked into it, but it wasn't obvious how to: (i) make Ctrl+K put the deleted line into the paste buffer. (ii) allow repeated applications of Ctrl+K to delete multiple lines.
  - jhasse 10y ago
    Is Ctrl+X what you're looking for? Maybe you can change the binding of that.
    - foldr 10y ago
      Thanks, that is what i was looking for. Feel a bit silly for not noticing it, but it seems like an unusual behavior to associate with the 'cut' shortcut.
      - jhasse 10y ago
        I think they got that from Sublime Text ;)
- SiVal 10y ago
  But not key/mouse combinations, unfortunately. I'd like to remap the insert-additional-cursor action to cmd-click on a Mac instead of alt-click (I think it's cmd-click in both Sublime and Atom, but not VSCode), but they left click events out of the keyboard remapping (at least so far).

daeken 10y ago

I've recently switched to VS Code full time for C# and Python development and I couldn't be happier. While I miss some of the more intelligent intellisense from full VS, I love that I can do all of my dev on OS X. Its integration with .NET Core makes my life easy; really can't complain at all.

JoelBennett 10y ago
I was curious to know how it worked for Python. I might have to give it a serious go...
- daeken 10y ago
  I wish it did a bit more in the way of completing methods on objects (it sometimes will, but only in super clear-cut situations), but outside of that it's solid. Completely replaced Sublime for me, outside of the subl command line.
Pxtl 10y ago
Really, for c#? I assumed that the type-inferencing in and extension methods would make proper IDE support of C# on a "light" platform like vscode impossible. How do you manage your vcproj file?
- daeken 10y ago
  I figured the same! But it handles type inference, extension methods, using static, etc like a champ. Even does completion for project.json. I don't use vcproj since I just use dotnet core.
  - Pxtl 10y ago
    I thought project.json got mothballed? Did they take another kick at it and make it work?
    - artimaeis 10y ago

renke1 10y ago

I switched from Atom to Visual Studio Code for my new project (TypeScript frontend and Go backend) and I am really impressed. Although the Go support is really good in Atom (missing a few things like debugging and jump to definition via mouse), the TypeScript support is significantly slower than in Visual Studio Code. There are few things missing Visual Studio Code though: Multiple top-level folders, customizable UI (font size in particular), a few essential extensions that Atom has and probably other things I forgot.

Stratoscope 10y ago
You can customize the font face and font size. It even supports proportional fonts! You just have to hand-edit settings.json to do it. Go into File/Preferences/User Settings and copy the editor.fontFamily and editor.fontSize lines from the left panel to the right and edit them to what you want. What bothers me about the font rendering, though, is that for some reason they have disabled ClearType! Everything uses grayscale antialiasing instead of subpixel antialiasing. So for my eyes the text is harder to read than Visual Studio and all my other apps. I know a lot of people don't like ClearType, but I took the time to go through the ClearType tuner and adjust it to my taste - mostly going with darker, heavier rendering than the default - and now ClearType text looks wonderful on both my high-DPI displays.
- renke1 10y ago
  Yes, the editor font can be changed. The interface font (menus, sidebars) not so much. The only thing you can do is scale the whole UI which feels awkward at best.
Gee19 10y ago
I love so many thing about VSCode but multiple top-level folders is a necessity in order for me to use this as my daily editor. Microsoft pls
- Analemma_ 10y ago
  Use the UserVoice, Luke! It's the main way they get feedback and feature requests and they seem to really pay attention to it.

mooveprince 10y ago

Started with brackets, moved to Atom and settled at VS Code. Like their monthly release with useful features

niyazpk 10y ago

Can I use VS Code to work with remote files? I almost always work with remote files for development at my day job and would like to switch to VSCode for its better JS support. Right now I am using SublimeText3 with the rsub plugin to edit remote files. What workflow do you guys use when working with remote files?

soulbadguy 10y ago
That's a good question. I usually use remote drives."sshfs" is usualy the easiest option to setup on a linux box. And when well configure the speed is great
matt4077 10y ago
I stopped doing that in the nineties. Are you working life on production systems, do you need some really special dev environment, or why wouldn't you work locally or at least in a local VM?
jordwest 10y ago
We use Unison[1] to keep a local copy in sync with remote, then just pop open the local copy in any editor. It sits and watches both the local and remote filesystem for updates, it's fast and efficient, even in large projects. Downside is that it needs to be installed on both ends for the filesystem watching to work. [1] https://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/ https://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/

santaclaus 10y ago

Is it possible to open the same file in multiple tabs, yet? You can split screen a file but that gets cramped on a notebook display...

andrewingram 10y ago

I've been using VSCode for a few months now, I'm finding it to be really powerful. Main downsides for me: * The Flow support (via an extension) is pretty far behind the TypeScript support, which is understandable but not ideal. * It doesn't yet have the critical mass of mindshare for it to be primary target for extension authors, i'm hoping that changes. * The lack of ability to customise/theme the UI means I can't do anything about the fact that my syntax theme looks totally out of place in the UI.

donatj 10y ago

I love VSCode. Sublime still trumps it in two places though - multi-cursor support in VSCode isn't quite as powerful as Sublime I particularly miss the middle click, drag, select rectangle [1]. The other area is that global search/replace isn't as powerful or nearly as quick. I'm hoping both of these are things they fix in time. [1] http://jdon.at/19OUp http://jdon.at/19OUp

shogun21 10y ago
Middle-click and drag is a game-changer! Thanks for the heads up.
- seanmcb 10y ago
  Try this https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/editingevolved#_column-box-text-selection https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/editingevolved#_co... and for multi cursor https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/editingevolved#_multiple-selections https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/editingevolved#_mu... Sean - a member of the @code team.
  - buu700 10y ago
    I love VS Code (we're pretty invested in TypeScript, so it was a natural fit), but the one thing I really miss from Sublime is that code preview thing that shows a bird's-eye view of the current file and lets you click around to any part of it. Any idea if there is or will be a way to enable the same functionality in VS Code? Edit: Apparently this is called the "minimap" and is a popular feature request, so guess that answers that.
brynjolf 10y ago
And speed. Sublime beats it in speed by a huge margin sadly.
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jpdias 10y ago

I only miss a code minimap. It's my choice for code editor since its release, replacing Atom.

Cthulhu_ 10y ago
I've honestly never found a practical use for that. But then, most of my code files are either at most 2-3 pages long, or things like long .json files in which a minimap doesn't really help much.

ggregoire 10y ago

I moved to VSCode 2 month ago, after 6 years with Sublime. Really happy so far. Their team does an amazing work. If interested, this is the list of extensions that I use for JS development: - Eclipse theme (a theme with a decent color scheme for ES6+, JSX and Flow types) - https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=tdtp23.eclipse-theme https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=tdtp23.e... - Nomo Dark Icon Theme (icons) - https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=be5invis.vscode-icontheme-nomo-dark https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=be5invis... - Path Intellisense (local imports autocomplete) - https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=christian-kohler.path-intellisense https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=christia... - Npm Intellisense (3rd libs imports autocomplete) - https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=christian-kohler.npm-intellisense https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=christia... - Typings autoinstaller (3rd libs types) - https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=jvitor83.typings-autoinstaller https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=jvitor83... - Auto Close Tag (close JSX tags, not perfect but better than nothing) - https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=formulahendry.auto-close-tag https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=formulah... - Flow for VSCode (to support Flow types) - https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=flowtype.flow-for-vscode https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=flowtype... - ES6 snippets - https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=xabikos.JavaScriptSnippets https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=xabikos.... - React snippets - https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=xabikos.ReactSnippets https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=xabikos....

g0atbutt 10y ago
This is very helpful, thanks!

ssebastianj 10y ago

The Python coding experience in VS Code is very nice. Regarding to debugging Python code, can't say much about it just because I started using it yesterday. Even so, was a pleasant experience too.

sdfin 10y ago
I started using it last week for Python. My experience was also good. Configuring venv to work with the integrated console was very simple.

problems 10y ago

Did they ever fix the DPI scaling issues?

jve 10y ago
What do you mean by DPI scaling? I'm using VSCode on Windows on retina-y display with something like 200% scaling and no issues.
Matthias247 10y ago
I don't have any scaling issues on my Win10 4k 175% scaling setup. But unfortunately text rendering is still blurry compared to native editors due to the underlying Electron/Chromium renderer. Hope this will get resolved soon :'( https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/1896 https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/1896
- ygra 10y ago
  I guess that's what they meant. While the scaled-up result has the correct size and avoids other artifacts of broken high-dpi rendering, it's, well, blurry. However, I suspect that this is more a Chromium/Electron issue than one for VS Code and other applications built like that. Heck, not even Chrome scales properly on high-dpi displays, which is pretty poor in my eyes.
  - problems 10y ago
    Hmm, Chrome looks perfectly fine on my high-DPI display (4k 150%), but both Atom and VSCode have major issues. Possibly an Electron issue I suppose, but I can't say for certain. Pretty ridiculous that almost every other app I run scales perfectly now, but text editors don't. Of course, Emacs, Notepad++ and Sublime all work perfectly so it doesn't impede me much.
renke1 10y ago
It works okay on my X1 Carbon, but it's still not perfect because the interface font size cannot be changed. That means you have tweak your editor font size and zoom factor to get a good result.

sorenjan 10y ago

If any of the VS Code developers are reading this, I have a few suggestions: When I open a single code file with VS Code, I'd like the workspace to automatically get populated with the other files in the same folder, or at least have a simple option to do so. I like that VS Code use the folder structure instead of a special project file like .sln, but this is a small annoyance since I often open single files before deciding that I want to continue to work on the whole project. Make it easier to run Python code. I don't think there's an easy way to run my script and see the output in a terminal without filling in some json file? Please correct me if I'm wrong. I'd really like support for Jupyter notebooks. They're already web based, so it makes sense. For new users or users that only use it rarely it seems a bit opaque with json based settings, and a lot of things hidden behind a command palettes. It's great to be able to do everything with the keyboard, but maybe surface some of the things in a GUI too? Visual Studio with Python tools are my IDE of choice for Python, so there's every chance the VS Code will become a great Python development tool too.

kwood 10y ago
> Make it easier to run Python code. I don't think there's an easy way to run my script and see the output in a terminal without filling in some json file? Please correct me if I'm wrong. There are multiple extensions that run code without any setup for almost any language. I use https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=formulahendry.code-runner https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=formulah...
sc4les 10y ago
Hm there is this for fast (shell) execution: https://github.com/DonJayamanne/pythonVSCode/wiki/Miscellaneous#execute-in-python-terminal https://github.com/DonJayamanne/pythonVSCode/wiki/Miscellane... Jupyter support has been added in version 4.0: https://github.com/DonJayamanne/pythonVSCode/releases https://github.com/DonJayamanne/pythonVSCode/releases

elorant 10y ago

How does VS Code compares to Atom? If I'm not mistaken they're both written in Electron, right?

sidusknight 10y ago
VS Code doesn't run like shit.
unsignedint 10y ago
It supports Unicode BOM correctly. Looks like this STILL is a long standing issue for Atom.[0] [0]:https://github.com/atom/encoding-selector/issues/18 https://github.com/atom/encoding-selector/issues/18
laurentdc 10y ago
Much faster and less of a memory hog.

jordache 10y ago

does it still not have flexible split window feature? argh...

rplnt 10y ago
What exactly do you mean by "flexible split window"?
- jordache 10y ago
  split 'em however you want.. not just the 3 columns or 3 rows layouts
  - rplnt 10y ago
    Ah, I see. It's not even in Sublime2 (there's only 2 by 2 layout). One full height column and one split does sound useful.
    - jordache 10y ago
      it is in sublime 2, via the More Layouts plugin

bsznjyewgd 10y ago

Is there an option/mode to simply highlight matching parentheses for plain text or files that don't have their own language modes?

SiVal 10y ago
I want the appearance of the bracket matching to be specifiable as a preference, so I can make it as visible as I want to make it and not have to just live with what someone decides is best for me and hardcodes.

silicon123 10y ago

for js editing vs code is great and even for small java projects you can use vs code. a better maven integration in the redhat java extension would be great, though

neves 10y ago

Now MS just have to seamless integrate their Ubuntu Bash filesystem with the Windows filesystem so I can create files in VSCode and access then in the ubuntu shell. They will build the best dev environment.

oridecon 10y ago
An environment that doesn't match your production server is far from being the best one (this doesn't apply to all cases but you get the idea)
- dyu- 10y ago
  Agree 100%. Ubuntu desktop and server is gaining market share among devs (those who prefer working on bare-metal) for precisely this reason.
Matthias247 10y ago
What are you missing specifically there? The windows filesystem is already mounted in bash for windows, so you can access files created from Code there. However I didn't found that of too much use since I can't run windows executables from there and so WSL is pretty isolated. Instead I still use msys/cygwin for the shell which has it's quirks (file path magic) but works. In combination with docker for windows and volume mounts there I can even cross compile Linux executables on the windows shell, which is pretty cool.

HappyAndHarmles 10y ago

Is anybody using VS Code for Haskell development? How is the extension like?

usaphp 10y ago

I don't know, every time I see a new release of Atom or VS code and people praising it in comments I go ahead and download it and open the project that I am currently working on in Sublime for side by side comparison. And what strikes me most is how smooth Sublime is compared to Visual Studio Code or Atom (at least on my mac, I dont know about windows experience). Scrolling is much slower in VSC and searching through files is much much worse than in Sublime. Those little things are what makes an editor a winner, it just does not slow you down and annoy you. So once again Visual Studio Code failed to lure me away from Sublime, I dont even know why I am still trying to...I love Sublime Text.

rtpg 10y ago
Here's a good test: Do you want a text editor, or do you want something that's close to an IDE? Atom/VS Code exist to be IDE-y, not as thought experiments on text editors in the browser. Their advantages are in the ease of developing extensions and tools that aren't part of the core package. The difference is similar to Vim/Emacs. Of course Vim has some IDE-y plugins, but they're rarely as rich as what ends up getting built in Emacs.
- usaphp 10y ago
  Choppy scrolling is a high price to pay for an IDE in my opinion.
  - joaomoreno 10y ago
    Do you mind filling an issue on GitHub about the choppy scrolling? It should definitely not be choppy.
  - reinhardt1053 10y ago
    It's definitely not choppy on my machine. There must be something wrong with your configuration. I would suggest to submit an issue on GitHub.
rplnt 10y ago
VS Code, at least on Windows, doesn't have smooth scrolling enabled. Is that what you mean by choppy? It's definitely bad UX, lines just jumping around. I haven't found a way to enable it (very quick google told me nothing either).

reactor 10y ago

Any idea how to get it running on a Windows Machine where I don't have admin rights? (typical work setup). Any portable version available?

HNSucksAss 10y ago

"We added a new command to let you quickly move between open Windows of VS Code. Simply open the Command Palette (⇧⌘P) and type Switch Window. A dropdown will appear showing all the opened VS Code Windows..." That doesn't seem fast.

Philipp__ 10y ago

While this editor really attracts me, (it has that Emacs-y vibe, where it integrates many external tools in nice cohesive interface) I still cannot overcome that it is still basically an electron app. Atom is just a no go, despite all the candy looks and nice little plugins, I cannot justify energy and memory usage. I heard VSCode is totally different story, but I have yet to find js developed desktop app that doesn't make me cringe! Previously I bothered, and tried many of them. Now I just don't even try, just skip. And VSCode looks sweet, really sweet! And I would like to try it if, but the way and nature of application is pushing me away. Maybe if some of you folks convince me I'm wrong I'll give it a shot. :)

Already__Taken 10y ago
The time it took you to write that you could already have downloaded it and given it a go. Why waste our time to convince you?
- Philipp__ 10y ago
  Why so salty? You don't have to waste time at all, not even so to comment on my post.
shakna 10y ago
I despise Electron and the culture it encourages of huge, slow applications. I do have to say, that VS Code is entirely different, and the first time I played with it, I didn't realise it was using Electron. It is really solidly engineered, with an insane amount of time and effort by great people working on the best of features for what an IDE needs, rather than the next shiny feature. (Scrolling, Time Travel Debugging, functional end points within to better allow for Vim and Emacs style integrations). My upshot? Give it a chance. This isn't something insane created by someone convinced Electron solves all their problems for them. Its experts in TypeScript using what they know, inside and out, to make something deserving of the expert's attention. The installer is 30ish MB, unliked the 200ish I've seen from a ton of Electron applications. gVim takes up the same amount of space on my system.
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headmelted 10y ago

I've been working lately on getting Visual Studio Code to compile for ARM. Its working fairly reliably but Travis doesnt support the toolchain so Im having to use Gitlab CI in the meantime. I want to give this a little more polish before I release, but can I gauge from the folks here if there would be any interest in ARM nightlies for Raspberry Pi (and other ARM SBCs)/ARM Chromebooks? If so, I'll move some things around to get it done in the next few days. Works really well on Chrome OS with Crouton, owing to the integrated terminal: https://twitter.com/headmelted/status/778458660003393536 https://twitter.com/headmelted/status/778458660003393536

shakna 10y ago
Not so sure about a Raspberry Pi, it'd probably just be a novelty there, considering how slow the Pi is running Chromium and the like. (Though the Pi 3 might be able to handle it better). Chromebooks on the other hand, sound like a great idea.
- headmelted 10y ago
  That's what I thought, but it runs quite well on a RPi2. Extensions working well too, at least as many as I have tried.
speps 10y ago
> Travis doesnt support the toolchain so Im having to use Gitlab CI in the meantime. AppVeyor has really good Windows images : https://www.appveyor.com/ https://www.appveyor.com/
turtle4 10y ago
I would love to see in on rpi3 as an alternate editor for python, node, go if it could be performant.

jurgenwerk 10y ago

Does it have fuzzy search by whole file path yet?

kwood 10y ago
Yep, works. Even without using slashes in the search string.

tsaprailis 10y ago

This might sound like a weird question, but after a lot of search I found no keyboard shortcut to toggle between the editor and integrated terminal. It sound like a I'm picky but it's a bit of a timewaster to have to pick up the mouse just to switch from editor to the integrated terminal. A most I could use an external terminal window but that kinda defeats the purpose of having an integrated one I think. Is there such a key binding?

CaRDiaK 10y ago
https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/integrated-terminal https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/integrated-termina...
- tsaprailis 10y ago
  Thanks for the feedback. I had assigned a different shortcut to "ctrl+`" so I was getting a different result that toggle.
kwood 10y ago
What you're really looking for is exactly 1 shortcut: cmd+shift-p (or ctrl-shift-p, depending on the platform) for the command palette, where you can fuzzy search for every available command. If a command has a keyboard shortcut (toggle terminal has one), it's in that list. It even shows your custom shortcuts.
- tsaprailis 10y ago
  Thanks for the feedback. I had assigned a different shortcut to "ctrl+`" so I was getting a different result that toggle.
socmag 10y ago
Ctrl-~?
Already__Taken 10y ago
Other commenters aren't answering this. ctrl+` hides or opens the terminal. If you want to leave it open there's no command to toggle only your cursor focus from editor to terminal. edit: I take it back, It's just not bound.{"key": "ctrl+#", "command": "workbench.action.terminal.focus"} But you can't move the focus back with that toggle. https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/integrated-terminal#_key-bindings https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/integrated-termina...

crashdown 10y ago

in before sublime/atom is better...

konart 10y ago

Still can't work with proxy without some magic tricks at my office. Still slow as hell. Not sure if it can open large log files (Atom crashed whenever you try to open pretty small log file, like 60mb or something) etc. I don't get why whould anyone prefer this to Sublime, to be honest.

night815 10y ago
How do you work with proxy? I can't install any extensions without manually downloading and installing.
- Already__Taken 10y ago
  You can set the http.proxy option in your settings.json. I have to use just "http.proxyStrictSSL": false because we MITM traffic and the bundled node doesn't check the windows cert store.
  - night815 10y ago
    I can see the list of extensions doing this but trying to install gives "Server returned 407". UPDATE: Turns out I have to include my username and password in the URL. I don't install extensions often so I will do this temporary when I do.

jason_slack 10y ago

How is Markdown support? Does it support GitHub Markdown? I'm using Atom as it has some nice plugins. But I tend to preview my markdown in Marked 2 anyway.

kwood 10y ago
It does support Github Flavoured Markdown and has a preview mode built in, no extension needed.
- jason_slack 10y ago
  Awesome. Thank you. I haven't tried VSCode since before 1.0. Downloading now. I'd love to get away from Atom.

astrostl 10y ago

I love VSC, and use it for Python. It's the only GUI editor that's ever "stuck" for me, having bought Textmate, tried Sublime, etc. Always go back to CLI Vim. I'm coming from the perspective of someone that hates IDEs, and only wants a bit more than what Vim provides in terms of battery inclusion. I think VSC's level of Git integration, for example, is perfect for me. Handle the common stuff, drop to the CLI for the rest. Extensions, especially relative to Sublime, also perfect for me. The rate of improvement, while obviously a draw, only manages to give me fear that it's going to turn into IDEA or whatever, nested menus upon menus of corner-case features that I will never, ever use. My brand of minimalism actually makes me wish they would slow down :P

kyloren 10y ago

Switched to VS code from atom and loving it already. This is what Atom should look like. Atom has become so bloated it's a pain to use now. But there was a previous comment online maybe on HN or Reddit about an issue in the privacy policy or license in VS code. Any idea about that??

david-given 10y ago

There's no support yet for non-git version control systems, right? I gather they want to add support for this via extensions, but the underlying APIs aren't there yet. Does anyone know if there's an ETA for this? (I'm a Mercurial shop.)

greyfox 10y ago

i use brackets right now, would i like this?

omaranto 10y ago

Are there any VS Code users around who used to use either Emacs or Vim who might share a few things they feel VS Code does better? I'm curious about these modern editors and sometimes wonder what they have to offer besides possibly being easier to learn (an advantage I'm not interested in).

kornerstoane 10y ago
Vi/Vim user since 1992. Flirted with emacs every so often. I haven't used Vim in 9 months since installing VS Code. Here's why: 1. IntelliSense support is the best outside of Visual Studio itself. 2. Integrated debugging (currently use C#/mono and Python debuggers a lot) 3. Great git integration. Best "GUI" client around. (advanced git features are not provided, but everyday stuff is really well done) 4. Visually appealing. Not saddled with a terminal heritage. Just to name a few. Yes, Vim and Emacs have all of these, to some degree. But VS Code does them all better (IMO). It's fun to use. There's a lot to discover, but there's enough there to be productive right from the start.
- omaranto 10y ago
  Thanks! It seems that most of those advantages are not directly about text editing but more about being a better IDE. I guess that for someone like me, that uses Emacs mostly for writing prose and for file management, and only occasionally for programming, the things you mention don't sound as attractive (and when coding I never use a debugger, which is probably a mistake on my part). About git: have you tried magit for Emacs?
  - kornerstoane 10y ago
    Yes, I have used magit while trying to find some love for emacs. It's fine. But I still prefer VS Code's git integration. It's the simplest client I've seen. I don't mind using the command line for git, but if I'm in the editor, I can do anything I need to do for my daily workflow with keyboard commands or point and click, whichever mood I'm in. And as far as text editing, there is a lot that VS Code provides for getting around and moving around text and windows and files. Multiple cursors and syntax-aware selections provide me what I loved about Vim (macros and text objects). And now I don't drive myself nuts hitting the escape key in every other application where I type some text.

sireat 10y ago

Is there a good VS Code extension / built in support for function / method list on a separate side bar? Something similar to Structure view in Webstorm or Function List in Notepad++? I learned that Ctrl-Shift-O will show functions but it is a not a permanent view.

hex13 10y ago
There will be. Maybe I will port my Atom plugin ( https://atom.io/packages/atom-lupa https://atom.io/packages/atom-lupa ) to VSCode or maybe I'll write from scratch whole thing. I don't know when exactly though (now I'm making something bigger than that and it takes time).

tofupup 10y ago

neat