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Not only does VS Code ship with a recent stable version of TypeScript out of the box, it also offers advanced features such as compile on save and syntax highlighting.
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Con Have no good default js style analyzer
In WebStorm there is analyzer that checks for warnings and highlight this in yellow, here you cannot find or add it even with plugins. It is possible to have it as errors with linter but while you are actively changing file that's not very nice.
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 Setting up tsconfig and compiler options can be a bit too tedious for beginners
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Con Not compatible for GNU/Linux
Very much available for GNU/Linux: https://code.visualstudio.com/download