it's not that simple is it? I've been programming for ~40 yrs. I've used a bunch of different editors. I certainly don't know each feature of each one but many

it's not that simple is it? I've been programming for ~40 yrs. I've used a bunch of different editors. I certainly don't know each feature of each one but many features I find to be force multipliers so ignoring them is a disadvantage IMO. I'll be wasting my time doing something manually the could be automated for example. Unfortunately it's hard to know how to configure every editor and know how to get these time saving features. A few I get from VSCode (love to hear about other editors) 1. the best Javascript support via integration with eslint Eslint's plugin system means I get react specific hints and error messages. I'm not used to an editor giving me library related errors. Usually they only give language related errors 2. codespell plugin This only matters for dynamic languages but it turns out spell checking code can be surprisingly useful. The language it self can't tell me person.name = `${entry.firstName} ${entry.lastNane}`; is wrong but codespell will highlight `lastNane` ps: I get that's bad code ;) 3. opening folders Lots of people mention this but it's arguably a killer feature. I can't believe that it took until now for an editor to have this. Most previous editors I've used to had to go through the process of making some kind of project to get similar functionality. If I wanted to easily search and replace in a project across files I had to make a project or configure stuff. If I wanted it to find references to other files I'd have to make project or configure stuff. vsc seems to find these things with no work on my part. 4. pretty good file support (renaming and moving files, including the required code refactoring to go with it). Every IDE-ish editor I've used since the early 90s has had some kind of file tree panel but VSC's is the first one I use regularly for more than just opening files. 5. friction-less easily discoverable plugins I think this is overlooked but consider the Apple iOS app store vs Windows CE. I could install apps on my 1998 Casio Windows CE PDA but it wasn't friction-less like the App stores today are. That difference is huge. Every editor I've used since the 80s has been customize-able but I rarely looked for other people's customizations. It was just too much work. Not only did I have to learn how to install them and get them to run I had to go manually find them. VSC suggests them. I get that can be annoying but given low-discoverablilty or a few annoying notifications I think promoting them is a net win. That said, I hate that VSC is slow! I work on quite a few hobby projects where I just want to put all the code in 1 file. At about 1000s lines VSC starts acting up, getting janky (on a 12core 64gig ram AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT) and eventually I'm forced to split the file. Sure, better organization is good but my tools shouldn't be forcing it on me when I'm just making something throwaway.