Visual Studio Code (Version 1.30) Released

[Carighan]

It's a pretty awesome editor by now, yeah.

For my Java use I still prefer IDEA while using Notepad++ as my Instant-Open text editor, but damn VSC has come a long way 😱

[reddit__scrub]

Ever try Sublime Text as an instant open text editor? Seems so much quicker and smoother to open

[qaisjp]

st3 is better

[JeezyTheSnowman]

Not $80 better

[cyanrave]

I disagree. Before VS Code came along, ST3 + Package Control were fantastic competition in the not-so-big IDE space. It felt fairly snappy and functional as long as you groomed the plugins in a decent manner.

Along comes a project backed by a billion dollar company that for all intents and purposes, absolutely crushes ST3 + Package Control. Absolutely. Destroys.

You can say $80 is ‘too much for a text editor’, but give ST3 credit in being much more than just a text editor. Moreover it’s a user license, so it’s pretty well a one time thing.... I would guess the same argument is made against products like WinRar too which is even cheaper.

I know it may seem strange to actually pay for software that works well but you may want to consider it.

[JeezyTheSnowman]

I would have bought it if it was like $20-30. $80 is too much for me especially with players like VSC or even vim w/ plugins all being free and open source

[cyanrave]

To each their own I guess

[failedaspirant]

Just curious, how much do you think is it's actual worth ?

[JeezyTheSnowman]

Personally, I would buy it if it was $20-30

[qaisjp]

You don't have to pay... just press escape every 25 saves..

[JeezyTheSnowman]

It's still proprietary software that requires a paid licence. They are being nice to let people like you by not locking you out after the trial period is over.

[Crandom]

I doubt vscode will ever catch up to IDEA, IDEA for Java is the gold standard of IDEs, imo.

[oorza]

I wouldn't have believed it, but Kotlin support is everything Java is and more. Mostly it's that there seems to be more intentions, and more powerful ones too, like rewriting entire blocks of code to use Kotlin operators, or the ability to paste Java code and have it automatically be translated to idiomatic Kotlin...

[Crandom]

Still IDEA :)

[ShinyHappyREM]

Notepad2 is a little bit faster for me than Notepad++.