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are there any benefits using it compared to open source eclipse with plugins?

• pjmlp 6y ago
  Depends on the workflow, it is more tailored to Web APIs and headless/CLI coding, as it doesn't support graphical tooling.
• snazz 6y ago
  VS Code has far more sensible defaults than Eclipse, in my opinion. If you enjoy using Eclipse, then by all means continue.
• xtracto 6y ago
  I havent used Eclipse in like 8 years, but if it is as slow and clunky as it was before then for sure VSCode is better. I remember trying both Netbeans and Eclipse. Both were nice but very slow. Nowadays I sometimes use programs based on eclipse (birt or xmind) and God they make me happy that I'm not doing java dec on Eclipse.
  • marcosdumay 6y ago
    It's not slow anymore, it's mostly as heavyweight as it always was, what means it's a lightish application nowadays. Clunky can mean several things, and I don't think Eclipse changed in any of them since early 00's. If you consider it an specialized IDE (that means you'll download a full one for each kind of development, prepackaged), and disposable (non-upgradable, you'll download the next version and delete the current one), Eclipse is quite ok for many kinds of development (even some you do with Java).