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Discussion on: VS Code vs Atom - how to decide?

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Hey mate, great post! Love your analysis.

I personally have used Atom for nearly two years. I've gotten so comfortable to using it that I had actually developed a few little plugins for personal use, just to make my day-to-day development workflow a bit smoother.

However, I decided to give Visual Studio Code a shot - and I do find VSCode to a be a lot nicer. It's way faster than Atom, and I didn't think that it would be noticeable - but it sure is. Built-in terminal support is also a huge plus.

However, I personally found VSCode's default settings to be a bit meh... however, after thorough configuration I've reached a state where I am quite comfortably productive with it! Been using it for the past 6 months, and I don't see myself going back. :)