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Apples to oranges comparison. VS Code is a text editor whereas Xcode and Jetbrains are IDEs. The real comparison should be with Sublime Text vs VS Code. Sublime

Apples to oranges comparison. VS Code is a text editor whereas Xcode and Jetbrains are IDEs. The real comparison should be with Sublime Text vs VS Code. Sublime Text blows VSCode out of water while opening the same project folder. Here's a naive comparison ~/workspace/iOS Project(develop) time subl . ________________________________________________________ Executed in 75.46 millis fish external usr time 21.45 millis 106.00 micros 21.34 millis sys time 14.84 millis 659.00 micros 14.18 millis ~/workspace/iOS Project(develop) time code . ________________________________________________________ Executed in 4.18 secs fish external usr time 123.39 millis 99.00 micros 123.29 millis sys time 175.07 millis 585.00 micros 174.49 millis

thiht 6y ago
That's not a fair comparison either. VSCode does way more than Sublime Text. I actually found VSCode closer to Intellij than to Sublime Text.
- aaxa 6y ago
  How is VSCode anything similar to IntelliJ other than they both can edit text and has plugins?
  - reissbaker 6y ago
    VSCode language plugins allow you to get autocomplete, go to definition, refactor support, debugging tools, etc. Closer to IntelliJ than to Sublime, in my experience.
    - Narretz 6y ago
      But such plugins exist for Sublime, too. Especially since the Language Server Protocol has been implemented.
      - thiht 6y ago
        Plugins on VSCode are a whole order of magnitude better than on Sublime, mainly because Sublime's Python API is not great. Is there something remotely comparable to VSCode's debugger view on Sublime for instance?
  - sbergot 6y ago
    I cannot tell if this comment is sarcasm or not.
  - andy_ppp 6y ago
    Which features of IntelliJ is VSCode lacking?
- hugi 6y ago
  IntelliJ is very slow so that's no surprise.
flohofwoe 6y ago
It's not really and apples to oranges comparison. With the C/C++ and CMake Tools extensions installed, VSCode is an IDE that provides pretty much the same features as Xcode (for some features Xcode is ahead, and for others VSCode). XCode needs about 12 seconds to start into a C/C++ project (on my mid-2014 13"MBP), while VSCode needs 3 (and yes I start into both fairly frequently from the command line). When actually working in the IDEs, for some things XCode feels slicker, for others VSCode. All in all, XCode really isn't a good argument in the whole "Electron vs Native debate" (and the same is true for VSCode vs Visual Studio btw).

thiht 6y ago

That's not a fair comparison either. VSCode does way more than Sublime Text. I actually found VSCode closer to Intellij than to Sublime Text.

aaxa 6y ago
How is VSCode anything similar to IntelliJ other than they both can edit text and has plugins?
- reissbaker 6y ago
  VSCode language plugins allow you to get autocomplete, go to definition, refactor support, debugging tools, etc. Closer to IntelliJ than to Sublime, in my experience.
  - Narretz 6y ago
    But such plugins exist for Sublime, too. Especially since the Language Server Protocol has been implemented.
    - thiht 6y ago
      Plugins on VSCode are a whole order of magnitude better than on Sublime, mainly because Sublime's Python API is not great. Is there something remotely comparable to VSCode's debugger view on Sublime for instance?
- sbergot 6y ago
  I cannot tell if this comment is sarcasm or not.
- andy_ppp 6y ago
  Which features of IntelliJ is VSCode lacking?
hugi 6y ago
IntelliJ is very slow so that's no surprise.

flohofwoe 6y ago

It's not really and apples to oranges comparison. With the C/C++ and CMake Tools extensions installed, VSCode is an IDE that provides pretty much the same features as Xcode (for some features Xcode is ahead, and for others VSCode). XCode needs about 12 seconds to start into a C/C++ project (on my mid-2014 13"MBP), while VSCode needs 3 (and yes I start into both fairly frequently from the command line). When actually working in the IDEs, for some things XCode feels slicker, for others VSCode. All in all, XCode really isn't a good argument in the whole "Electron vs Native debate" (and the same is true for VSCode vs Visual Studio btw).