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Re:Visual Studio Code is now open source by Scuds on Wednesday November 18, 2015 @02:26PM (#10590079)
By going to VS Code they're jettisoning themselves from the .sln (solution file), .csproj (C# project file), MS Build world. Project management and build files are being pushed into external utilities. This is kind of the way a lot of the rest the world (ruby/node/python) is going.

IDEs are fine, but when you remove the need for an integrated debugger in favor of TDD the need for an IDE diminishes.

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Re:Visual Studio Code is now open source by endgame on Wednesday November 18, 2015 @02:33PM (#10590130)
I would hardly say that TDD removes the need for an integrated debugger. Being able to inspect the state of a system the instant a test fails sounds mighty useful to me.

Also, software builds being driven by an external tool has been common since at least make(1), so it's hardly a ruby/node/python thing.

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Re:Visual Studio Code is now open source by marktangotango on Friday November 20, 2015 @08:46AM (#10601097)
I've been the new guy on teams that did not use the ide for debugging (insanity in the Java world, right?) and was perceived to be a super star because of my ability to trouble shoot and drill straight down to root causes. Learn and use your tools people!
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Re:Visual Studio Code is now open source by pbz on Wednesday November 18, 2015 @02:56PM (#10590280)
But VS Code does have integrated debugging...
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