Re:The Era of Visual Studio Code
by modernerd on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @02:19AM
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I prefer IntelliJ to VS Code but for me IntelliJ also lacks the ability to:
Disable plugins on a per-project basis. (I currently put up with plugin exception reports for other language plugins in projects for unrelated languages.)
Enable or update plugins without a full restart. (This is getting better but many plugins still need a full restart.)
Sync all plugin settings (for example, AceJump plugin settings aren’t synced).
Split the terminal pane horizontally.
Open a file in a vertical split from the navigator or search everything box. (I want to believe I missed an easy way to do this; someone let me know if so!)
Set alpha keyboard shortcuts in quicklists.
Style the title bar colour on macOS to match the editor background.
Write a quick script to add missing IDE functionality without boilerplate or build tooling.
I can do all of these in vim and Emacs and most in VS Code.
They’re nitpicks and no editor or IDE is perfect. I think I feel the pain points with IntelliJ more acutely because for many of these I can’t fix them myself.
Disable plugins on a per-project basis. (I currently put up with plugin exception reports for other language plugins in projects for unrelated languages.)
Enable or update plugins without a full restart. (This is getting better but many plugins still need a full restart.)
Sync all plugin settings (for example, AceJump plugin settings aren’t synced).
Split the terminal pane horizontally.
Open a file in a vertical split from the navigator or search everything box. (I want to believe I missed an easy way to do this; someone let me know if so!)
Set alpha keyboard shortcuts in quicklists.
Style the title bar colour on macOS to match the editor background.
Write a quick script to add missing IDE functionality without boilerplate or build tooling.
Add a command line run configuration. (There are workarounds but the original feature request remains open after 7 years: https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-112256 )
I can do all of these in vim and Emacs and most in VS Code.
They’re nitpicks and no editor or IDE is perfect. I think I feel the pain points with IntelliJ more acutely because for many of these I can’t fix them myself.