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Since VS Code is open-source under an MIT license, it's hard to complain! I'm glad to be using a single editor for almost all my coding, customized just the wa
by benrbray 6y ago
Since VS Code is open-source under an MIT license, it's hard to complain! I'm glad to be using a single editor for almost all my coding, customized just the way I like.
- coder543 6y agoVS Code is not as open source as you might think. A lot of critical functionality is in plugins that aren't FOSS, such as the Python plugin and the Remote plugins (Container, SSH, etc.). I think you're also not able to (or not supposed to? unsure) access the official plugin directory with an open source build. I definitely appreciate that the core is open source, but using the open source version is less fun than it sounds. You really want to use the freeware proprietary VS Code to get a good experience. If we're going to be using a proprietary text editor anyways, then I wish Sublime Text and its community were still as active as they used to be.
- sli 6y agoI still use Sublime Text to this day because it's far and away the fastest option among these usuals, and I do most everything else in a terminal. VSCode is turning into the Chrome of free IDEs and I really don't like that direction at all. I can't think of anything off the top of my head that I'm missing in Sublime, anyway.
- ensignavenger 6y agoUnfortunately more and more of Microsoft's VS Code extensions are going closed source.