Can't speak for GP, but VS Code came out after Atom and Brackets both used similar approaches and both largely sucked. In fact, I almost didn't even try VS Cod

Can't speak for GP, but VS Code came out after Atom and Brackets both used similar approaches and both largely sucked. In fact, I almost didn't even try VS Code because of how bad the experience with Atom was. In retrospect, I'm glad I did. The biggest features to me beyond a simple editor are a directory tree view, and an integrated terminal. I don't think anything had that, or at least not nearly as well working before VS Code that I recall. Everything else on top of that is just extras. Git integration, test extensions, integrations galore. In the end, VS Code has been a really great experience for me. It takes a little longer to load than the simple editors. This doesn't even get into the Remote WSL/SSH extensions that I've started to make more use of the past few months. I've used vscode on Windows, Linux and Mac, and overall don't think I've been happier with a single editor.