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Hmm I have been googling for the last 15 minutes to find the difference between visual studio and visual studio code and cant seem to find a concrete answer. I

Hmm I have been googling for the last 15 minutes to find the difference between visual studio and visual studio code and cant seem to find a concrete answer. I thought yours was actually a hint at what it is aimed for but when you go to: http://code.visualstudio.com/ http://code.visualstudio.com/ it actually says it supports c++,c#... I still dont get what the difference is.. Having only ever developed on linux I am actually slightly excited to use an IDE like visual studio after seeing some people at work use it..

madeofpalk 10y ago
Visual Studio Code is more like a fancy text editor rather an a full IDE. It's more like Sublime Text or (technically) Atom, rather than an IDE like Visual Studio for Windows or XCode.
Kipters 10y ago
Visual Studio and Visual Studio for Mac are IDEs written in C# and they support C#, C++, VB.Net and many other languages. Visual Studio Code is a text editor built in TypeScript and based on Electron. It supports a broad range of languages, but it's an advanced text editor, not a full fledged IDE
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ZenoArrow 10y ago
>"it actually says it supports c++,c#... I still dont get what the difference is.." The GP was looking at the languages the tools were written in, not the languages they support. For what it's worth, I believe 'TypeScript + Electron' would be a closer description of what VSC was based on.
erikbye 10y ago
You do know the difference between a text editor and an IDE? That's the difference between VS Code and VS.
- Nilzor 10y ago
  Do YOU know the difference? Would it hurt to be more concrete? I'm going to venture a guess based on my assumptions, which are probably wrong, but then we can at least start a discussion: -VS Code doesn't support solution-wide refactoring like renaming classes or moving a method from one class to another -VS Code doesn't support runtime debugging (breakpoints) -VS Code doesn't have a visual editor -VS Code doesn't have memory or performance profiling tools -VS Code doesn't have source control integration -VS Code doesn't have an integrated build tool (MSBuild) -VS Code doesn't have NPM or Nuget integration
  - jhasse 10y ago
    VS Code supports runtime debugging.
  - afishisafish 10y ago
    VS Code supports GIT integration
  - lloeki 10y ago
    Disclaimer: I'm not using the C# extension > VS Code doesn't support solution-wide refactoring like renaming classes or moving a method from one class to another F2 "Rename Symbol" (works on Go with gorename). Can't imagine using Roslyn doesn't (or won't soon enough) allow the same. From the readme: Great C# editing support, including Syntax Highlighting, IntelliSense, Go to Definition, Find All References, etc. > VS Code doesn't support runtime debugging (breakpoints) It does. CMD+Shift+D goes to the Debug sidebar. CMD+Shift+P Debug shows a bunch of commands. From the readme: Debugging support for .NET Core (CoreCLR). NOTE: Mono and Desktop CLR debugging is not supported. > VS Code doesn't have source control integration CMD+Shift+P git whatevs is used daily here as well as Ctrl+Shift+G for the git sidebar that can show (editable) diffs. Both the gutter and scroll bar are annotated with git info. > VS Code doesn't have an integrated build tool (MSBuild) MSBuild comes with .Net Core and is (probably) invoked with the language-agnostic CMD+Shift+B (run build task). C# ext may have more. > VS Code doesn't have NPM or Nuget integration There are both NPM and NuGet extensions available. Now of course if what you want is all of this nicely packaged and wrapped in a GUI, well, obviously VS Code is not an IDE (as VS is) but that's precisely its value proposition.
tracker1 10y ago
Visual Studio Code is less than a full featured IDE, and more of a very advanced code editor with told integration... The ui is much more minimalist in VS Code than full VS, Eclipse etc. It's not that it doesn't do the job, it's just a different workflow. As it stands, VS Code is probably the best tool for JS/Node projects or today imho. And from what I've seen, one of the better options with plugins for go and rust. It's also available for Windows, Mac and Linux... Much faster/lighter than others, including Atim. I'm a fan of code, but no ties to ms...
zgramana 10y ago
Lot of overlap, but VS Code has a much bigger ecosystem/community. Xamarin/Visual Studio has advanced debugging features like thread inspection, "immediate" console for executing commands while the program execution is paused, profiler, App Store submission, and stuff like T4 templates, etc.

madeofpalk 10y ago

Visual Studio Code is more like a fancy text editor rather an a full IDE. It's more like Sublime Text or (technically) Atom, rather than an IDE like Visual Studio for Windows or XCode.

Kipters 10y ago

Visual Studio and Visual Studio for Mac are IDEs written in C# and they support C#, C++, VB.Net and many other languages. Visual Studio Code is a text editor built in TypeScript and based on Electron. It supports a broad range of languages, but it's an advanced text editor, not a full fledged IDE

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ZenoArrow 10y ago

>"it actually says it supports c++,c#... I still dont get what the difference is.." The GP was looking at the languages the tools were written in, not the languages they support. For what it's worth, I believe 'TypeScript + Electron' would be a closer description of what VSC was based on.

erikbye 10y ago

You do know the difference between a text editor and an IDE? That's the difference between VS Code and VS.

Nilzor 10y ago
Do YOU know the difference? Would it hurt to be more concrete? I'm going to venture a guess based on my assumptions, which are probably wrong, but then we can at least start a discussion: -VS Code doesn't support solution-wide refactoring like renaming classes or moving a method from one class to another -VS Code doesn't support runtime debugging (breakpoints) -VS Code doesn't have a visual editor -VS Code doesn't have memory or performance profiling tools -VS Code doesn't have source control integration -VS Code doesn't have an integrated build tool (MSBuild) -VS Code doesn't have NPM or Nuget integration
- jhasse 10y ago
  VS Code supports runtime debugging.
- afishisafish 10y ago
  VS Code supports GIT integration
- lloeki 10y ago
  Disclaimer: I'm not using the C# extension > VS Code doesn't support solution-wide refactoring like renaming classes or moving a method from one class to another F2 "Rename Symbol" (works on Go with gorename). Can't imagine using Roslyn doesn't (or won't soon enough) allow the same. From the readme: Great C# editing support, including Syntax Highlighting, IntelliSense, Go to Definition, Find All References, etc. > VS Code doesn't support runtime debugging (breakpoints) It does. CMD+Shift+D goes to the Debug sidebar. CMD+Shift+P Debug shows a bunch of commands. From the readme: Debugging support for .NET Core (CoreCLR). NOTE: Mono and Desktop CLR debugging is not supported. > VS Code doesn't have source control integration CMD+Shift+P git whatevs is used daily here as well as Ctrl+Shift+G for the git sidebar that can show (editable) diffs. Both the gutter and scroll bar are annotated with git info. > VS Code doesn't have an integrated build tool (MSBuild) MSBuild comes with .Net Core and is (probably) invoked with the language-agnostic CMD+Shift+B (run build task). C# ext may have more. > VS Code doesn't have NPM or Nuget integration There are both NPM and NuGet extensions available. Now of course if what you want is all of this nicely packaged and wrapped in a GUI, well, obviously VS Code is not an IDE (as VS is) but that's precisely its value proposition.

tracker1 10y ago

Visual Studio Code is less than a full featured IDE, and more of a very advanced code editor with told integration... The ui is much more minimalist in VS Code than full VS, Eclipse etc. It's not that it doesn't do the job, it's just a different workflow. As it stands, VS Code is probably the best tool for JS/Node projects or today imho. And from what I've seen, one of the better options with plugins for go and rust. It's also available for Windows, Mac and Linux... Much faster/lighter than others, including Atim. I'm a fan of code, but no ties to ms...

zgramana 10y ago

Lot of overlap, but VS Code has a much bigger ecosystem/community. Xamarin/Visual Studio has advanced debugging features like thread inspection, "immediate" console for executing commands while the program execution is paused, profiler, App Store submission, and stuff like T4 templates, etc.