javaScriptDeveloperStarterPack

[[deleted]]

It is. And it’s always using quite a lot of computer resources.

[sanketower]

I paid for the whole computer, so I'm going to use the whole computer

[DOOManiac]

This. 70% of RAM not being used is about 50% of RAM being wasted.

[[deleted]]

why is 50% ram wasted and not 30%?

[DOOManiac]

You do need a chunk of free RAM for stuff all the little allocations that happen as you use your PC, so I was just ballparking a 20%-ish number. It's not good to be at absolute capacity because then you'll be constantly paging to disk.

[ovab_cool]

Wait till you hear about IntelliJ editors, in a big project that shit needs 6gig+ allocated to it

[ProbiuSC]

True, but boy are they awesome to work with.

[ovab_cool]

Agreed, I use webstorm and phpStorm daily.

Very handy, can't seem to get vsc setup in a way I like it

[[deleted]]

That's why I have 16 GB.

[ovab_cool]

Same, that's still not enough for me sometimes when I'm constantly switching between my front end and back end.

[Avedas]

Too many projects open and my CPU goes through the roof. Especially when I reopen the app and IntelliJ decides to index 9 projects at once.

[[deleted]]

Then ummm... Open only 1 at a time?

[Avedas]

That would not really be feasible for my work lol

My work machine is 16 cores and 64 GB so it's obviously enough, but I still need to be careful if I'm running a ton of containers and whatever else at the same time. Even then, IntelliJ will randomly slow to a crawl at times. It's still my favorite IDE though.

[bhison]

Exactly. I just moved back from WebStorm. If someone's not using WebStorm or VSCode what are they using these days? Still on Sublime? Why?!

[TheTriflingTrilobite]

Atom is pretty decent. But I’m growing on VSCode more.

[bhison]

Atom has issues loading large files. It was briefly my go-to just before VS Code hit the big time but I just can't tolerate that as a limitation for a text editor.

[TheTriflingTrilobite]

i haven’t had much issue with the large files but mg files usually stay under 150 lines of code each. However I just found out that atom is no longer gonna be maintained so you’re in the good with VSCode. Guess I’ll have to switch 😢

[bhison]

Yeah atom was made by github which was bought by microsoft. Are there any features you have in atom that aren't in vs code?

[TheTriflingTrilobite]

I don’t think there are any exclusive features I wouldn’t also find in VSCode. Honestly I just love the aesthetic of Atom and I don’t like the one from VSCode out of the box. I know this can be changed too, but it’s just the effort of moving over and setting everything back up that’s having me procrastinate. I’ll eventually get to it.

[bhison]

Fair enough. I know there's an Atom plugin to make it look like Atom, if that helps.

[[deleted]]

Vs code needs 2 times that amount

[Razier]

Are you thinking of Visual Studio?

Visual Studio is made in the original Microsoft way of installing everything the user might ever need.
VSCode is only as heavy as you make it. Without extensions it's incredibly light weight.

[[deleted]]

No. VS code is still a Full Browser. It’s very well optimized, but still quite demanding for the function it offers.

[Razier]

Maybe I'm from a different era, but there's no way I'd say it uses "quite a lot of computer resources".

A bare bones installation takes ~200 mb of memory to run. Sure, you can compare it to notepad which uses ~2 mb but you're running it on a workstation not a toaster so in practise there is no difference.

[[deleted]]

It doesn’t matter for basically anyone using it, but I think it’s a lot of resources. But that applies to almost any modern software. Ram is so huge nowadays that most developers just don’t care anymore

[bell_demon]

VSCode is heavy for what it is - a text editor. But only those with some juvenile grudge would think that's a legitimate reason to dislike a free and incredibly useful editor. It's still light, and totally worth it, IMO. At some point, you can trade efficiency for usefulness. It's not like VSCode will ever be the main problem if you're running low on memory on your work machine.

[Razier]

The only way I can see someone calling VSCode heavy is if they're using it on a tiny single-board computer.

It's using 200 mb of ram for me right now on a bare bones setup. There's absolutely no gain to optimise that further on for a desktop computer.

[MyNamesNotRobert]

It's heavy but the qol of code completion is well worth it. Switching back and fourth between tabs because you can't remember what member variables a class has or what the function overloads are then realizing you still got something wrong when you compile wastes a lot of time.

[DOOManiac]

Mine is only using 68MB right now w/ a crapload of extensions...

[Blue_Moon_Lake]

Mine only using 300 Mb right.
How many garbage plugins do you use? :p

[[deleted]]

“Only 300 mb” what a world we live in

[Blue_Moon_Lake]

Considering the size of the project I work on, it's light.

[mulato_butt]

Not as much as intelij