[Tutor] OT: Has anyone tried the Visual Studio Code editor?

[Alan Gauld]

On 08/11/2019 03:39, boB Stepp wrote:
> An article popped up on my phone today about Visual Studio Code.  It
> claimed that a Stack Overflow survey this year found it to be the most
> popular code editor.  So, being curious, has anyone tried it for
> Python development?  And the Python extension?  Also, has anyone using
> this editor tried the Vim extension?
> 

I tried it in vanilla form for Linux. It was part of my general testing
of IDEs - Netbeans, Eclipse and a few others were also considered.

In the end I opted for Netbeans as my tool of choice (previously it
had been Eclipse) But I don't use an IDE for python work, they are
just too big and clunky. I only use them for bigger, mixed language
projects.

VScode was an OK IDE, familiar to me from my use of it programming C++
and C# on Windows. But it didn't offer anything special enough for me
to pick it over Netbeans. Like all IDEs it's big and clunky so takes a
while to start up. If you have sufficient RAM then it runs well enough
once started.

But for Python coding I still prefer vim. I have no issues with plugins
because I don't use any! :-) Raw vim has more than enough features to
keep me happy. Plus, for me, one of vim's strongest features is its all
pervasive presence on Linux boxes. I can go anywhere and find a vim. If
I become dependent on a non-standard feature then I lose productivity
when visiting an alien vim. So I keep to the vanilla editor.

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