

You also don’t want to waste learning time by constantly switching. Technology changes quickly and you don’t want to be left behind. With choosing an editor, don’t always go for the latest and greatest. Today’s popular JavaScript frameworks are perfect for VSCode – it has everything you need. The vast majority of VSCode lovers are JavaScript developers – VSCode was created for modern technologies. This is one of the most powerful drives in marketing, and VSCode has done a great job here. Active community.One of the best ways to reach someone’s heart is to help them realize what they need before they even know they need it. For example when deleting files or beautifying 20.000 lines of json (Atom hangs up). for Typescript you can CTRL + SHIFT + B and select tsc: watch - tsconfig.ts. The file search supports the asterisk so you can search for eg molecule-*.ts. The tree view VSCode automaticly brings you to the current open file by default. In atom you need to select 'show in tree view' and than copy the path or relative path. In VSCode you can copy the path of an file directly when you have it open. Sass mixins example: and you press CTRL+SPACE and VSCode shows you every Sass mixin.

This feature is much better implementet in VSCode and you don't need an extra plugin. For example you can watch changes inline. VSCode ships with Git and even if the git packet of vscode doesn't look like much, theres a lot to it. Plugin creators of Editorconfig for Atom are not to blame: They include a linter, that verifies whether the settings are correct or not. For example: In order to set up Editorconfig you have to adjust mutliple values and plugins to get it work. In VSCode I can set up my workspace in under 5 minutes. For Atom you would have to install a package, that doesn't work so well on Windows. It is faster than my 'default' cmd on Windows.

Automation! VSCode suggests usefull things to you.This may now sound much, but it improve the display of scss variables and its a core feature. I use Visual Studio Code every day, it was very refreshing coming from Atom to get a lightweight, all i need setup right out of the box.Īfter working with Atom for around 2 years I switch to VSCode.
