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VS Code is faster than Atom (by... a lot) tho? Especially with large files, but just in general. Speed is the main reason I can't stay using Atom for more than

VS Code is faster than Atom (by... a lot) tho? Especially with large files, but just in general. Speed is the main reason I can't stay using Atom for more than a few hours. It's awful. VS Code is snappier than Sublime Text ffs...

Philipp__ 10y ago
Nope, it's not snappier than Sublime.
- abritinthebay 10y ago
  shrugs Is for me. Not by a lot, and not in every case, but overall? Is for me.
8draco8 10y ago
VSC is not even close of being as snappy as Sublime Text. Sublime also dominates when opening large files (2GB+) and searching trough them.
- stinos 10y ago
  Agreed, except for the domination; true on linux afaik but not on windows: working with the large files is ok but opening them takes ages. VSC is definitely faster there.
  - 8draco8 10y ago
    You are probably right. I've used Sublime only on Mac and Linux. On Windows I was using another great, native application - Notepad++. It was as fast (or maybe even faster) as Sublime on other platforms.
  - abritinthebay 10y ago
    My experience on the Mac too. Working with was ok (mostly) not great but ok, but opening was very slow.
- dragonwriter 10y ago
  While I occasionally need to open large files like that, they aren't source code files, and I have no problem using a different tool than my main source editor for that.
- abritinthebay 10y ago
  On my Mac that just wasn't true. Sublime had the edge in a couple of cases, but when opening large files (esp JS bundles) it crawled. Took over a minute to open one. Same file in VSCode - maybe a couple of seconds. Maybe.
szatkus 10y ago
Wait, why? I use Atom on daily basis, don't have very strong machine, but I've never seen performance issues.
- abritinthebay 10y ago
  Compared with Sublime Text (what I used before VS Code) Atom was painfully laggy and slow. Now if I was coming from a larger, probably Java, IDE? Yeah, I can see that Atom would look great. Just wasn't for me. Glad you like it tho!

Philipp__ 10y ago

Nope, it's not snappier than Sublime.

abritinthebay 10y ago
shrugs Is for me. Not by a lot, and not in every case, but overall? Is for me.

8draco8 10y ago

VSC is not even close of being as snappy as Sublime Text. Sublime also dominates when opening large files (2GB+) and searching trough them.

stinos 10y ago
Agreed, except for the domination; true on linux afaik but not on windows: working with the large files is ok but opening them takes ages. VSC is definitely faster there.
- 8draco8 10y ago
  You are probably right. I've used Sublime only on Mac and Linux. On Windows I was using another great, native application - Notepad++. It was as fast (or maybe even faster) as Sublime on other platforms.
- abritinthebay 10y ago
  My experience on the Mac too. Working with was ok (mostly) not great but ok, but opening was very slow.
dragonwriter 10y ago
While I occasionally need to open large files like that, they aren't source code files, and I have no problem using a different tool than my main source editor for that.
abritinthebay 10y ago
On my Mac that just wasn't true. Sublime had the edge in a couple of cases, but when opening large files (esp JS bundles) it crawled. Took over a minute to open one. Same file in VSCode - maybe a couple of seconds. Maybe.

szatkus 10y ago

Wait, why? I use Atom on daily basis, don't have very strong machine, but I've never seen performance issues.

abritinthebay 10y ago
Compared with Sublime Text (what I used before VS Code) Atom was painfully laggy and slow. Now if I was coming from a larger, probably Java, IDE? Yeah, I can see that Atom would look great. Just wasn't for me. Glad you like it tho!