I personally have no need for a customizable toolbar. I find most of the shortcuts / command pallet (by pressing cntrl+shift+p) very productive (just like Sublime Text).
I'm not sure what you mean by saying it lacks modern conveniences? It has a terminal right inside the editor, supports tons of languages (especially given the availability of extensions), natively integrates with git, etc.
I'd be interested to know what conveniences you find are missing, specifically?
I agree about the lack of desktop features. You are able to build .NET Core desktop apps using QML - if that floats your boat lol.
But version 3 should support Windows desktop apps (as you said). That should be pretty cool!
I'm mainly comparing it to VS 2012 and above, especially 2017. Probably because I've used VS for so long, I find VS Code lacking.
Also, I actually prefer using Notepad++ for a lot of quick things, like editing HTML or modifying a microservice when I don't have VS 2017 installed, because of that darned toolbar. It irks me every time I use Code. I can understand the attraction people who came from a purely text editor and CLI background have for it. But, since I've been writing code using Microsoft tools that have been continuously improving for over 20 years, it almost seems like a step back to the days of writing MASM and C for DOS.
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Thanks for you feedback Frank!
I personally have no need for a customizable toolbar. I find most of the shortcuts / command pallet (by pressing cntrl+shift+p) very productive (just like Sublime Text).
I'm not sure what you mean by saying it lacks modern conveniences? It has a terminal right inside the editor, supports tons of languages (especially given the availability of extensions), natively integrates with git, etc.
I'd be interested to know what conveniences you find are missing, specifically?
I agree about the lack of desktop features. You are able to build .NET Core desktop apps using QML - if that floats your boat lol.
But version 3 should support Windows desktop apps (as you said). That should be pretty cool!
I'm mainly comparing it to VS 2012 and above, especially 2017. Probably because I've used VS for so long, I find VS Code lacking.
Also, I actually prefer using Notepad++ for a lot of quick things, like editing HTML or modifying a microservice when I don't have VS 2017 installed, because of that darned toolbar. It irks me every time I use Code. I can understand the attraction people who came from a purely text editor and CLI background have for it. But, since I've been writing code using Microsoft tools that have been continuously improving for over 20 years, it almost seems like a step back to the days of writing MASM and C for DOS.