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Re: Python in Visual Studio Code

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Post by bunderbunder »

hit8run wrote: post #2

Wish MS would also offer an own Ruby extension. Solargraph and the vscode-ruby extensions are pretty good though

The Python VSCode extension started out as an independent open source project. It independently reached a pretty high level of maturity - and helped VSCode get popular among Python developers - before, a bit under a year ago, Microsoft hired the maintainer.

Since then it's acquired a few new goodies, but most of what makes the extension great happened before Microsoft adopted it, so I shouldn't think there's anything stopping Ruby from doing the same.

Re: Python in Visual Studio Code

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Post by vvpan »

I am somewhat embarrassed, but also relieved to admit that I switched from vim (nvim to be precise) to VSCode (OMG M$FT!) and am very happy about it. I still use vim bindings as much as I can, but I guess giving up a bit of ideology can benefit one a lot. Although, that is until I start running out of memory on my personal laptop, then it's back to the terminal!

Re: Python in Visual Studio Code

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Post by bunderbunder »

bunderbunder wrote: post #3
hit8run wrote: post #2

Wish MS would also offer an own Ruby extension. Solargraph and the vscode-ruby extensions are pretty good though

The Python VSCode extension started out as an independent open source project. It independently reached a pretty high level of maturity - and helped VSCode get popular among Python developers - before, a bit under a year ago, Microsoft hired the maintainer. Since then it's acquired a few new goodies, but most of what makes the extension great happened before Microsoft adopted it, so I shouldn't think there's anything…

Following up on that -

Shooting from the hip, though, if the desire is for funding, I'm guessing Microsoft wouldn't see much strategic value in putting money into a Ruby extension. The Ruby ecosystem has largely congealed around an ASP.NET competitor, some devops tools that don't really work on Windows, and not much else. Python, on the other hand, is widely used in Microsoft shops. Windows shops need data scientists, too, and it's typically the primary language for cross-platform devops infrastructure.

Re: Python in Visual Studio Code

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Post by scrollaway »

vvpan wrote: post #4

I am somewhat embarrassed, but also relieved to admit that I switched from vim (nvim to be precise) to VSCode (OMG M$FT!) and am very happy about it. I still use vim bindings as much as I can, but I guess giving up a bit of ideology can benefit one a lot. Although, that is until I start running out of memory on my personal laptop, then it's back to the terminal!

The vscode vim bindings are atrocious. I use them because there's nothing better, but they're bad. Slow, super buggy, and did I mention slow? I hit tab and sometimes instead of inserting a \t, it inserts the letters "". And it re-runs mypy/flake8/etc whenever I enter or exit insert mode, which I do a ton... so my CPU is constantly pegged. And commands like "2d}" don't delete the correct amount of paragraphs. And one more I forgot: The undo stacks aren't synced between vscode and vscode-vim, so vscode's undo can undo an undo.

I've reported all these bugs with not much in terms of answers. I've even tried contributing but it's a pretty messy codebase to get into. Ergh.

Re: Python in Visual Studio Code

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Post by Analemma_ »

scrollaway wrote: post #7
vvpan wrote: post #4

I am somewhat embarrassed, but also relieved to admit that I switched from vim (nvim to be precise) to VSCode (OMG M$FT!) and am very happy about it. I still use vim bindings as much as I can, but I guess giving up a bit of ideology can benefit one a lot. Although, that is until I start running out of memory on my personal laptop, then it's back to the terminal!

The vscode vim bindings are atrocious. I use them because there's nothing better, but they're bad . Slow, super buggy, and did I mention slow? I hit tab and sometimes instead of inserting a \t, it inserts the letters " ". And it re-runs mypy/flake8/etc whenever I enter or exit insert mode, which I do a ton... so my CPU is constantly pegged. And commands like "2d}" don't delete the correct amount of paragraphs. And on…

Which extension do you use? I don’t use vim mode myself but I vaguely remember seeing a conversation about how, for some reason, the better vim plugin with the most favorites doesn’t appear on the top of the search results, and an inferior one is there instead.
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