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Do you use VS Code? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by Gjolin@lemmy.ml to c/programming@programming.dev

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I have not used an IDE since I ditched Turbo Pascal in middle school, but now I am at a place where everyone and their mother uses VS Code and so I'm giving it a shot.

The thing is, I'm finding the "just works" mantra is not true at all. Nothing is working out of the box. And then for each separate extension I have to figure out how to fix it. Or I just give up and circumvent it by using the terminal.

What's even the point then?

IDK maybe its a matter of getting used to something new, but I was doing fine with just vim and tmux.

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[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 15 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Vs codium, which is based on vscode but spyware is stripped out

[–] fatalicus@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Since no one told me this, I will trek people:

If you go for codium, be warned that one of the big points of vs code, extensions, gets a lot more of a hassle.

One of the things you lose is access to Microsofts extension store, and they've added their own instead, and that one is missing a lot.

If you want extensions from the Microsoft store, you need to download them manually from the website, and keep them updated manually.

[–] NostraDavid@programming.dev 6 points 1 month ago

This includes the Python extension, so no Python for you (or at least no Pylance ;_;)

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