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> No, it doesn't. Visual Studio Code is an extensible IDE that is stuffed with features - yet it doesn't use that much memory, and it's fast. When I first used

by flukus 9y ago

> No, it doesn't. Visual Studio Code is an extensible IDE that is stuffed with features - yet it doesn't use that much memory, and it's fast. When I first used Visual Sutdio it was VC++ 6 and I upgraded my machine to have 256MB of RAM so I could run it. What features does VS Code have that VC++ 6 didn't?

GordonS 9y ago
I didn't use VC++ 6 myself, but I'll take a guess at a few things: - IntelliSense - Tasks for external tools - Themeable - Extensible through plugins, for which there is a large ecosystem - Support for many languages, with syntax highlighting and linting (through plugins) - Support for different debuggers (e.g. debugging a Cordova app) - Support for different version control systems (TFS, Git, SVN...) - Minimap - Highlighting of all instances of selected text in the scrollbar (don't know if this feature has a name, but it's really useful) - Ability to edit multiple lines at the same time - Bracket matching - Code folding - Live, inline reference information - Not sure if 'go to definition' or 'go to implementation' was a thing in the days of VC++ 6? - Workspace zoom - Support for screen readers - Integrated terminal
- flukus 9y ago
  It had most of those things, especially the important ones: - IntelliSense - Yes - Tasks for external tools - I think so - Themeable - Yes, back then you could theme the whole windows desktop and native apps would comply. - Extensible through plugins, for which there is a large ecosystem - Kind of, all the "plugins" came from MS. - Support for many languages, with syntax highlighting and linting (through plugins) - Yes, not sure how many. - Support for different debuggers (e.g. debugging a Cordova app) - Don't think so. - Support for different version control systems (TFS, Git, SVN...) - Not sure, it predates everything on that list. - Minimap - Don't think so. - Highlighting of all instances of selected text in the scrollbar (don't know if this feature has a name, but it's really useful) - Not sure - Ability to edit multiple lines at the same time - No - Bracket matching - Yes - Code folding - Yes (I think) - Live, inline reference information - Yes - Not sure if 'go to definition' or 'go to implementation' was a thing in the days of VC++ 6? - It was (not sure about goto implementation though) - Workspace zoom - Don't know what that is. - Support for screen readers - Probably via windows API's, but I'm not sure. - Integrated terminal - not sure. Sure doesn't look like a lot of process in the intervening 20 years.
  - GordonS 9y ago
    Huh, kind of impressed it could do so much! Ah, I missed one important one though: - Cross-platform By 'Workspace zoom', I mean you can dynamically change the zoom level of open files, without having to go through settings menues to increase/decrease the font size

by flukus 9y ago

GordonS 9y ago

I didn't use VC++ 6 myself, but I'll take a guess at a few things: - IntelliSense - Tasks for external tools - Themeable - Extensible through plugins, for which there is a large ecosystem - Support for many languages, with syntax highlighting and linting (through plugins) - Support for different debuggers (e.g. debugging a Cordova app) - Support for different version control systems (TFS, Git, SVN...) - Minimap - Highlighting of all instances of selected text in the scrollbar (don't know if this feature has a name, but it's really useful) - Ability to edit multiple lines at the same time - Bracket matching - Code folding - Live, inline reference information - Not sure if 'go to definition' or 'go to implementation' was a thing in the days of VC++ 6? - Workspace zoom - Support for screen readers - Integrated terminal

flukus 9y ago
It had most of those things, especially the important ones: - IntelliSense - Yes - Tasks for external tools - I think so - Themeable - Yes, back then you could theme the whole windows desktop and native apps would comply. - Extensible through plugins, for which there is a large ecosystem - Kind of, all the "plugins" came from MS. - Support for many languages, with syntax highlighting and linting (through plugins) - Yes, not sure how many. - Support for different debuggers (e.g. debugging a Cordova app) - Don't think so. - Support for different version control systems (TFS, Git, SVN...) - Not sure, it predates everything on that list. - Minimap - Don't think so. - Highlighting of all instances of selected text in the scrollbar (don't know if this feature has a name, but it's really useful) - Not sure - Ability to edit multiple lines at the same time - No - Bracket matching - Yes - Code folding - Yes (I think) - Live, inline reference information - Yes - Not sure if 'go to definition' or 'go to implementation' was a thing in the days of VC++ 6? - It was (not sure about goto implementation though) - Workspace zoom - Don't know what that is. - Support for screen readers - Probably via windows API's, but I'm not sure. - Integrated terminal - not sure. Sure doesn't look like a lot of process in the intervening 20 years.
- GordonS 9y ago
  Huh, kind of impressed it could do so much! Ah, I missed one important one though: - Cross-platform By 'Workspace zoom', I mean you can dynamically change the zoom level of open files, without having to go through settings menues to increase/decrease the font size