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What's I think people are missing the most about difference between Atom and VS Code is the UI. I think it's the main difference between them. Atom was about c

What's I think people are missing the most about difference between Atom and VS Code is the UI. I think it's the main difference between them. Atom was about creating a Sublime text with web technology, it's just a text editor, you open it and you can write code, it's very easy to use. VSCode was more about creating a IDE with web technology, so the UI is a lot different and a lot harder to use for someone just starting to write code. Performance wise Atom improve a lot during the last year and I don't see any difference in performance between them on linux.

joekrill 8y ago
I see a HUGE performance difference. I use VS Code now exclusively, having moved from Atom months ago. But most of the rest of my dev team is still using Atom. Every single time I've worked with one of them and used their machine one of the first things I notice is how much slower it is. We're all on Mac. And this happens even with folks that have much more powerful machines then I do. And to your other point: I never even _notice_ it's Atom at first. They are so very similar visually, so I'm not sure I agree that the difference is in the UI. The thing that always tips me off that I'm using Atom is the performance, without a doubt.
- mchahn 8y ago
  > I use VS Code now exclusively, having moved from Atom months ago. Ditto. I was a huge atom fan when it came out. Being able to customize it with web tech that I already knew was exhilarating. Between jobs I wrote over 20 packages. When I went back to work I was still using Atom but I didn't have the time to baby it. All my packages were slowly dying and I didn't have time to support them. The overall stability of Atom was bad if you didn't have time to identify and rotate out dying packages. Then VSCode got far enough along for me to use it daily. I have found it to be very stable and have almost all features I want without plugins. Rectangular text selection, drag-drop text, etc. Being an IDE for Node sealed the deal. I haven't used Atom since.

joekrill 8y ago

I see a HUGE performance difference. I use VS Code now exclusively, having moved from Atom months ago. But most of the rest of my dev team is still using Atom. Every single time I've worked with one of them and used their machine one of the first things I notice is how much slower it is. We're all on Mac. And this happens even with folks that have much more powerful machines then I do. And to your other point: I never even _notice_ it's Atom at first. They are so very similar visually, so I'm not sure I agree that the difference is in the UI. The thing that always tips me off that I'm using Atom is the performance, without a doubt.

mchahn 8y ago
> I use VS Code now exclusively, having moved from Atom months ago. Ditto. I was a huge atom fan when it came out. Being able to customize it with web tech that I already knew was exhilarating. Between jobs I wrote over 20 packages. When I went back to work I was still using Atom but I didn't have the time to baby it. All my packages were slowly dying and I didn't have time to support them. The overall stability of Atom was bad if you didn't have time to identify and rotate out dying packages. Then VSCode got far enough along for me to use it daily. I have found it to be very stable and have almost all features I want without plugins. Rectangular text selection, drag-drop text, etc. Being an IDE for Node sealed the deal. I haven't used Atom since.