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Discussion on: IDE’s are stuck in the past

 
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Eugene Pisotsky

Why isn't? Features like jump to definition, import suggestions, and so on are supported by LSP. Git, terminal, workspaces, extensions, what is missing?

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leob

Nothing is missing ... I say VSCode is an IDE :-) but as lightweight as an "editor"

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Nikola Stojaković

WebStorm provides better code inspection, refactoring, debugging and CVS functionalities by default (for example, catching unused promises), connection with Jira and many other stuff. It's diff tool is one of the best I've ever seen. Not to mention that all of this is available in IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate so I can use same IDE for both Java and front-end development out of the box.

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leob • Edited

Yes, the git diff is quite good, I remember that, but most of the other features that you mention, well I just didn't use or need them. But I won't argue, I guess it just depends on your requirements and personal preferences.

What I like about VSCode is that it's really lightweight, and the utter simplicity of "project management" with VSCode - there just aren't any projects! You can cd to a directory somewhere in a terminal and type the command code . and then you just edit, in VSCode, right what's there ... sweet :-)

I guess the philosophy and the workflow of VSCode just suits me, but well just use what works for you, to each their own.

 
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Eugene Pisotsky

Sure, I agree :)
It was the answer on Nikola's comment

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leob

haha I understand, it gets confusing :-) and with this whole discussion I think that a number of distinct and unrelated issues are being mixed up, but anyway