Visual Studio Code 1.9 • Hacker News Board

Re: Visual Studio Code 1.9

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Post by vgy7ujm » Thu, Feb 02, 2017, 8:22 PM UTC

vgy7ujm wrote: post #139

computerex wrote: post #131

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The VIM emulation plugin actually works reasonably well.

I know but it's not Vim.. I have been using VScode for the past 6 months and it was a relief to get back to Vim. Productivity skyrocketed since I am not constantly trying new plugins, wrestling with not knowing the IDE well enough, hard wired Vim/terminal brain etc. And just small stuff that is not working or works another way quickly gets very annoying. I use more than basic editing.

I'm probably going to try VScode again but it was not there yet for me. Also please bring in full Perl support please!

Re: Visual Studio Code 1.9

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Feb 02, 2017, 8:22 PM UTC

vgy7ujm wrote: post #139

computerex wrote: post #131

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The VIM emulation plugin actually works reasonably well.

I know but it's not Vim.. I have been using VScode for the past 6 months and it was a relief to get back to Vim. Productivity skyrocketed since I am not constantly trying new plugins, wrestling with not knowing the IDE well enough, hard wired Vim/terminal brain etc. And just small stuff that is not working or works another way quickly gets very annoying. I use more than basic editing.

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Re: Visual Studio Code 1.9

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Post by majkinetor » Thu, Feb 02, 2017, 8:23 PM UTC

codingmatty wrote: post #141

The problem that I have with VSC releases is that they are automatic, and I don't want to screw up my current workflow when I reset the application for an update. I have wasted hours before with VSC updates.

You have an option to disable automatic VSC update. You can also update it via chocolatey.

Re: Visual Studio Code 1.9

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Post by dsaw » Thu, Feb 02, 2017, 8:25 PM UTC

codingmatty wrote: post #141

The problem that I have with VSC releases is that they are automatic, and I don't want to screw up my current workflow when I reset the application for an update. I have wasted hours before with VSC updates.

You can set "update.channel" : "none" in your User Settings. (I was also bitten by it once)

Re: Visual Studio Code 1.9

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Post by majkinetor » Thu, Feb 02, 2017, 8:26 PM UTC

yokohummer7 wrote: post #18

The slowness shown in the pre-1.9 terminal is a bit ridiculous. Was it really the case? I've never seen such a strangely-behaving emulator! Really good that they resolved the issue.

Yeah, that was the main reason I didn't use it a lot actually. Powershell is slow to begin with and in VSC it was just 10x slower and buggy.

I am very happy that this is solved.

Re: Visual Studio Code 1.9

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Post by computerex » Thu, Feb 02, 2017, 8:33 PM UTC

voxic11 wrote: post #138

computerex wrote: post #110

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are you confusing VSCode with Visual Studio? VSCode is not an IDE, it's an editor, much like Atom.

Vscode is an IDE. It integrates all your development into one environment. It comes with support for version control, code editing, task running, and debugging all from one application.

An IDE is so much more. For instance, refactoring features. Even Microsoft defines VSCode as a "code editor" and not an IDE.

Re: Visual Studio Code 1.9

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Post by k__ » Thu, Feb 02, 2017, 8:33 PM UTC

rockdoe wrote: post #129

k__ wrote: post #8

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I'm using it on Windows and Linux, and found it pretty good. What's the issue with fonts?

Set up 11pt Consolas on a native Windows app and set up VSC side by side. It looks nothing alike. It's a years old Chrome bug. Wish they had a Chakra version of Elektron.

I see.

I always use 15pt Fira Code

Re: Visual Studio Code 1.9

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Post by aphextron » Thu, Feb 02, 2017, 8:35 PM UTC

Am I alone in rejecting this new wave of Electron/node-webkit based text editors? Every single one I've tried has been horribly slow, unstable, and a giant resource hog. I gave Atom a shot, and it crashed on importing a .csv file of a few thousand lines. What I want from a text editor is simply that: a text editor. For anything more advanced, move up to a proper IDE. Why anyone uses these over something like Sublime or NP++ blows me away.

Re: Visual Studio Code 1.9

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Post by plexicle » Thu, Feb 02, 2017, 8:36 PM UTC

aphextron wrote: post #158

Am I alone in rejecting this new wave of Electron/node-webkit based text editors? Every single one I've tried has been horribly slow, unstable, and a giant resource hog. I gave Atom a shot, and it crashed on importing a .csv file of a few thousand lines. What I want from a text editor is simply that: a text editor. For anything more advanced, move up to a proper IDE. Why anyone uses these over something like Sublime…

So.. have you even tried Code? It doesn't sound like you have. It's quite fast.

Re: Visual Studio Code 1.9

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Post by eob » Thu, Feb 02, 2017, 8:37 PM UTC

VSCode + TypeScript is the perfect foot-in-door for MS to get into the web space.

They're both excellent products by themselves, but also give Microsoft the platform to start dangling turnkey Azure integration in front of developers.

Imagine if the IDE started to offer the ability to configure, deploy, and manage targeted production stacks--no browser / command line hackery required. That would be compelling.