Given how very popular it is, anyone here actually dislike using it?
Ask HN: Do any of you dislike using Visual Studio Code?
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Re: Ask HN: Do any of you dislike using Visual Studio Code?
#2I like because it's free. But autocomplete is very slow.
Re: Ask HN: Do any of you dislike using Visual Studio Code?
#3Just in case you mean the question literally, yes, some people on HN have said they dislike using it. I'm not one of them. I like it.
But you're probably asking for people who dislike it to tell you what it is about VS Code they dislike. I do like it, but in case they don't answer: When people have said they tried it but abandoned it, they usually say they like the snappier speed of the QT-based Sublime Text. Most of us, it seems, find the speed of VS Code good enough, but some people have said that they don't.
The next complaint isn't really dislike per se, but some people find that even though VS Code might work in general, their specific work is better done with more specialized tools, ex: xcode for iOS, Android Studio for Android, full Visual Studio for Windows apps, JetBrains IDEs for Java or Python, etc.
Those two are the reasons I've heard most from people who have rejected VS Code.
Re: Ask HN: Do any of you dislike using Visual Studio Code?
#4I don't like VS Code git integration, WebStorms (JetBrains) diff/merge tool with syntax highlighting is superior.
Re: Ask HN: Do any of you dislike using Visual Studio Code?
#5I was a big sublime text user, but my work uses Vscode so I do too.
I hated it at first but am always amazed at the maturity of the whole extensions ecosystem. Could be the only thing from Microsoft I actually like!.... And all they did was fork Atom Editor...
Re: Ask HN: Do any of you dislike using Visual Studio Code?
#6Ha, I still love TextPad, but more for writing, not coding. Let the editor wars begin!
Re: Ask HN: Do any of you dislike using Visual Studio Code?
#7I like VSCode, but I get slightly annoyed at how its auto-indentation doesn't auto-de-indent after a closing brace (the way emacs does).
Re: Ask HN: Do any of you dislike using Visual Studio Code?
#8Yea not a fan. Font rendering has always been hideous in Electron apps. Even with a 4k monitors it doesn't render like Mac native apps do. Simple things you take for granted in Sublime like it opening, typing speed, ui scaling correctly. Plus things like no sidebar customization (literally every other part of the editor is customizable). Icons in the editor are hideous.
Then issues like these
https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/67288 https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/67413
I question the people who use it and their attention to detail. If you zoom the editor all sort of issues start popping up. Stuff just shifting everywhere in the editor. So yea I don't like it and will be using Sublime for a long while, or at least until someone figures out how to do text input in Electron apps.
Re: Ask HN: Do any of you dislike using Visual Studio Code?
#9As someone (non-programmer, yet text-curious) who spent ~9months of this short life learning Emacs so I could use org-mode, I love using VS Code.
It’s non-esoteric, easy to pick up, easy to kick ass with, and easy to show others how to kick ass with it.
The terrible parts:
- I don’t trust it , from a privacy-first standpoint, as much as I trust Emacs
- There appears to be absolutely NO security around third party extensions (not good for newbs nor enterprise envs)
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/55126683/how-is-vs-code-...
Re: Ask HN: Do any of you dislike using Visual Studio Code?
#10I'm used to using Vim with a bunch of plug-ins as my IDE. VSCode allows me to get an almost identical setup plus some extra features set up in a fraction of the time. This comes with too big tradeoffs though: customizability and speed. I've found VSCode can get laggy, particularly on older machines or with many plug-ins loaded. There are also all kinds of UI things I find myself unable to configure (status bars etc.).