It’s pretty common to have two different IDEs open on the same project. For example QT developers will often have the QT creator as well as VS code open. Develo

It’s pretty common to have two different IDEs open on the same project. For example QT developers will often have the QT creator as well as VS code open. Developers on Apple‘s platforms almost always keep Xcode open, while they may also have another IDE open alongside it that allows them to work in the project with greater productivity, but still build and profile and do other things that are only available in Xcode.