VS Code IDE Debate

Discussions compare VS Code to full IDEs like JetBrains products and Visual Studio, debating whether it's a true IDE or an advanced extensible text editor with strong plugins and Electron base.

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neeleshs Nov 8, 2016 View on HN

Care to elaborate how VS Code is miles ahead of Jetbrains offerings?

rp1229 Apr 20, 2021 View on HN

Same reason other IDEs exist. VS Code is just the tip of the iceberg.

tracker1 Nov 14, 2016 View on HN

Visual Studio Code is less than a full featured IDE, and more of a very advanced code editor with told integration... The ui is much more minimalist in VS Code than full VS, Eclipse etc.It's not that it doesn't do the job, it's just a different workflow.As it stands, VS Code is probably the best tool for JS/Node projects or today imho. And from what I've seen, one of the better options with plugins for go and rust.It's also available for Windows, Mac and L

jakear Oct 14, 2019 View on HN

VS Code isn’t really an IDE, it’s more of a text editor with a much stronger extension story than Sublime’s.

fizixer May 19, 2020 View on HN

VSCode is a M$ initiative. Give it a couple years.

xref Mar 6, 2021 View on HN

As in VSCode never got to parity, or vice versa?

major505 Nov 29, 2021 View on HN

If yout think about it, Jetbrains is more a counter part to Visual Studio then VSCode.Vscode was more a advanced text editor to compete with atom. But I don`t see it losing it`s grip of the market anytime soon. Theres lot of tools that use vscode as base, that will be difficult for them to convert, like platformio IDE for example.

amcsi Oct 12, 2022 View on HN

Better. It's like a VS.Code that you can turn into a Visual Studio (if needed) within the same application.

xiaoma Dec 9, 2016 View on HN

VSCode runs circles around Atom and Jetbrains both.

srcreigh Mar 27, 2022 View on HN

Just use jetbrains. VScode has properietary features which aren't available to other editors too.