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From the FAQ: Visual Studio Code is a streamlined code editor with support for development operations like debugging, task running and version control. It aims
by sigzero 10y ago
From the FAQ:
Visual Studio Code is a streamlined code editor with support for development operations like debugging, task running and version control. It aims to provide just the tools a developer needs for a quick code-build-debug cycle and leaves more complex workflows to fuller featured IDEs.
So, even Microsoft doesn't think it's a full blown IDE. With enough plug-ins it certainly could be.
- Cthulhu_ 10y agoThat last sentence strikes a chord. Most IDEs are basically heavy-weight plug-in platforms (especially Eclipse and IntelliJ), built with the intent of being heavyweight IDEs. The currently popular editors - ST, Atom, VS Code - and the console-based editors that are still popular - Vim, Emacs, etc - approach it from the other side, putting text editing (including search etc) first, then adding plugins on top of that. Or maybe put differently, IDE's are enterprise software, editors are agile startups?