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Con Memory hog
Allegedly, VS Code is "lightweight". Yet, running multiple instances of it at once, you may get many "out of memory" messages from Windows despite 16 GB RAM. (While of course also running other things. The point is the comparison with some other IDEs/editors where running them alongside the same number of other applications doesn't cause Windows to run out of memory)
Con A "me too" offering from MS, far behind other well established editors that it attempts to clone
Other IDEs specific to a language often offer better tools for deep programming.
Con Often confused with Visual Studio
Visual Studio itself is even worse, and VSC keeps getting mixed up with VS, the other version of Microsoft's IDE (especially for C++) and makes this even worse.
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Visual Studio Code
Recommended 6 years ago
VSCode available plug-ins can do everything I want it to. I have had some successful experiences with it, including: C/C++, Python, TypeScript+React+WebPack+Node. By successful I mean: code completion, debugging, error detection. For C# I'm still with it's older brother, VS, though.
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It has gotten really goodPro
Python supportPro
Active developmentPro
Extendable through pluginsPro
Great performancePro
Updated frequentlyPro
JavaScript IntelliSense supportPro
Integrated debugging Pro
Integrated terminalPro
ESLint integrationPro
Huge community behind itPro
TypeScript integrationVisual Studio Code
Recommended 6 years ago
Is the best for JS applications
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Embedded Git controlPro
Fast and powerfulPro
It has gotten really goodPro
Active developmentPro
Extendable through pluginsPro
Great performancePro
Updated frequentlyPro
JavaScript IntelliSense supportPro
Integrated debugging Pro
Integrated terminalPro
Integrated task runnersPro
ESLint integrationPro
Huge community behind itVisual Studio Code
Recommended 2 years ago
best for web designer
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Ready to use out of the boxPro
Embedded Git controlPro
Fast and powerfulPro
It has gotten really goodPro
Inline definition picking and usages findingPro
Active developmentPro
Extendable through pluginsPro
Great performancePro
Updated frequentlyPro
JavaScript IntelliSense supportPro
Integrated debugging Pro
Integrated terminalPro
Integrated task runnersPro
ESLint integrationPro
Huge community behind itPro
TypeScript integrationPro
LiveShare -- good live editingPro
Libre/open sourcePro
Custom snippets supportPro
High fidelity C# pluginPro
Good support for new Emmet syntaxPro
JS typecheckingPro
Extendable through plug-insCon
Slow launch timePro
Extensions (aka plugins) are written in JavaScriptPro
Support for RTL languagesCon
Python is not well supportedVisual Studio Code
Recommended 4 years ago
used it everyday for > 3 years
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Ready to use out of the boxPro
Embedded Git controlPro
Fast and powerfulPro
It has gotten really goodPro
Inline definition picking and usages findingPro
Python supportPro
Active developmentPro
Extendable through pluginsPro
Great performancePro
Updated frequentlyPro
JavaScript IntelliSense supportPro
Integrated debugging Pro
Integrated terminalPro
Integrated task runnersPro
ESLint integrationPro
Huge community behind itPro
TypeScript integrationPro
Libre/open sourcePro
Extendable through plug-insPro
Extensions (aka plugins) are written in JavaScript