It's a very basic bare bones editor, whereas IntelliJ was basically built for Java projects initially, so it has a well established logic, behavior, is quite fa

It's a very basic bare bones editor, whereas IntelliJ was basically built for Java projects initially, so it has a well established logic, behavior, is quite fast, lots of automation and tools. With vscode you'll have to download plugins, write your own build and perhaps even run scripts. Depends on what level of control you need.