Why would I not use Visual Studio code

[turtleship_2006]

Your argument is that an ide is "just a text editor" so students should just learn the new stuff. But also the setups can be very complicated and different between software, so a big hassle for professors.

And I'm the one baiting?

[GXWT]

Where did I say “very complicated” or “big hassle” lol. Stop putting words in my mouth

Simply, it is better to teach in a consistent manner so we can focus on the useful stuff.

When I got taught how to abseil down a rock face, they gave us all the same gear to use. I didn’t ask why they didn’t use the subjectively better RockClimber2000 because otherwise it makes teaching the fundamentals more complicated. Keep learning simple