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Pros
Pro IntelliSense is great
VS Code offers a great autocomplete for javascript which in other IDEs is usually not working so well because of the way the language is built (doesn't have static typing).
Cons
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)
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Pro Fast and powerful
VS-Code has the speed of Sublime and the power of WebStorm. Perhaps this is the best software that Microsoft has ever created.
Pro Active development
It's really nice to see how the code editor evolves. Every month there is a new version with great communication of new features and changes.
Pro Extensions (aka plugins) are written in JavaScript
Extensions are written in either Typescript or JavaScript.