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Re: Visual Studio Code 1.0

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Post by coryrc »

pknerd wrote: post #88
Mikeb85 wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ummm, no. VS Code is a decent editor, nothing more. It certainly doesn't transform the way code is written on Unix/Linux. Vim and Emacs are still superior if you want to put the time in, and both have non-terminal interfaces. They can also be both customized to be whatever you want them to be, there's not really a limit to their functionality except what plugins are already written. Ditto for Atom, though of course,…

>Vim and Emacs are still superior if you want to put the time >in, TBH, not every developer is willing to become a power user or interested to learn an IDE instead of the language itself. Being someone who worked on VStudio alot and now on Linux/Mac based tools, I can safely say that Microsoft tools are Developers friendly most of the time. It's good they are introducing same touch for Linux/OSX community.

Why spend a few hours over the course of 60000+ working hours to learn how to use more effective tools?

Re: Visual Studio Code 1.0

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zxcvcxz wrote: post #36
thewhitetulip wrote: post #24

VSCode has done the thing that nobody expected MS to do, change the way code was written on Unix/Linux. I love linux/unix, but the problem always was with the lack of an awesome text editor cum IDE, yep there is eclipse but it is too clunky, I do not like sublime as it isn't FOSS (call me crazy), gedit took way too much memory, geany is fast and mean but the UI sucks plus functionality isn't that great. Enter VSCode,…

How do people put up with VS Code and laggy text input though? I used it on Win10 and Linux and both occasions there is noticeably lag when typing.I look at the screen while I type most of the time and this lag makes coding impossible for me because I like to see what I'm writing in real time. I've noticed this happen especially on big projects/files. Also, sometimes the auto complete popup is very slow to appear and…

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Re: Visual Studio Code 1.0

#144

Post by blacksmith_tb »

antiffan wrote: post #41
thewhitetulip wrote: post #24

VSCode has done the thing that nobody expected MS to do, change the way code was written on Unix/Linux. I love linux/unix, but the problem always was with the lack of an awesome text editor cum IDE, yep there is eclipse but it is too clunky, I do not like sublime as it isn't FOSS (call me crazy), gedit took way too much memory, geany is fast and mean but the UI sucks plus functionality isn't that great. Enter VSCode,…

What was lacking in Atom for you?

Atom is great in many ways, and I personally don't have any major complaints about speed, but it disappoints me in lots of little ways. For example, on two different machines, when I upgraded to 1.7.0, Atom failed to reopen my open tabs - they all became 'untitled'. And a couple of them were unsaved (my fault, of course, but I hadn't ever been burned by Sublime doing the same drill).

Re: Visual Studio Code 1.0

#145

Post by Goronmon »

coryrc wrote: post #141
pknerd wrote: post #88

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>Vim and Emacs are still superior if you want to put the time >in, TBH, not every developer is willing to become a power user or interested to learn an IDE instead of the language itself. Being someone who worked on VStudio alot and now on Linux/Mac based tools, I can safely say that Microsoft tools are Developers friendly most of the time. It's good they are introducing same touch for Linux/OSX community.

Why spend a few hours over the course of 60000+ working hours to learn how to use more effective tools?

You're making the assumption that vim/emacs are more effective tools.

Re: Visual Studio Code 1.0

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Post by criddell »

agentgt wrote: post #123

Does anybody else use several editors all the time? I use Emacs, Vim, Eclipse, Atom, and Intellij. I don't stick to one. I wish I could stick to one editor but there is always some editor that does a way better job at a particular task. Each editor has its killer feature. I have tried turning emulation of emacs/vim on many editors to provide consistency and its never been really good. Thus I have several "default" ke…

Aside from different tools having different strengths, I enjoy learning to use new software. I think if I used one tool for everything I would get bored with it.

That said, learning new keyboard commands is sometimes a real PITA. When I'm tired, I sometimes find myself trying to close Visual Studio or Sublime Text with :q.

Re: Visual Studio Code 1.0

#149

Post by crispyambulance »

coryrc wrote: post #141
pknerd wrote: post #88

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>Vim and Emacs are still superior if you want to put the time >in, TBH, not every developer is willing to become a power user or interested to learn an IDE instead of the language itself. Being someone who worked on VStudio alot and now on Linux/Mac based tools, I can safely say that Microsoft tools are Developers friendly most of the time. It's good they are introducing same touch for Linux/OSX community.

Why spend a few hours over the course of 60000+ working hours to learn how to use more effective tools?

"a few hours" ??? Come on, let's not pretend that EMACS is going to take "a few hours" to come to terms with and become more productive in than an IDE.
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