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Just curious, I've briefly tried JetBrains and VS Code, and to me, VSC just seems like a worse IDE. Why not just use a good IDE instead?
by adrianhel 8y ago
Just curious, I've briefly tried JetBrains and VS Code, and to me, VSC just seems like a worse IDE. Why not just use a good IDE instead?
- alexeldeib 8y agoI don't really want a full IDE. I basically want sublime + minimal features to help me debug more quickly. I mostly want a text editor that gets out of my way, but can whip out more powerful tools (within reason) when I need them. Vim/nano/emacs can certainly pull out power, but grokking them on as deep a level as sublime/atom/vscode requires a steep curve (and is complementary anyway). Something full like VS is too heavy for me personally. I rarely use 80% of the features, and the ones I do want tend to be more complex in the more powerful IDEs when maybe I only need some simple version. I can certainly imagine a different working environment where I would find the IDE tooling much more valuable, but it's not what I work on now. VS code being a worse IDE is, for me, a feature.
- beart 8y agoYou _briefly_ used both of these and found JetBrains to be _personally_ better, then follow up by asking why not just use a "good IDE?" The simplest response with a similar level of effort is - I disagree with you and find VS Code to be an effective IDE.
- adrianhel 8y agoValid point. :)