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Meh, I think IDE integration is an essential feature of a language. That’s why I use VS Code any time I write JS and only then.
by _sdegutis 9y ago
Meh, I think IDE integration is an essential feature of a language. That’s why I use VS Code any time I write JS and only then.
- stewbrew 9y agoNow imagine the only option to write JavaScript in a sensible way (however this should be possible :-) would be VSC. Do you really think JS would have had any success? I think it would have been another Visual Basic. Even typescript (a MS product) can be written with all sorts of IDEs/editors.
- smt88 9y agoIf we could only use VSC, that would be fine because VSC is fantastic. I've found the same of IntelliJ products. They're so good that I don't mind being forced to use them.
- riku_iki 9y agoIf VSC + JS would be free, open source and running on all platforms, why not?
- _sdegutis 9y agoC# and Swift are in that boat (VS and Xcode) but they’re doing alright, because they’re the main blessed languages for their platforms. JS is the only blessed language of web front ends. So yeah I don’t think IDE lock-in is a concern for JS but it definitely makes me happier as a developer to have deep integration that makes my job easier.