Re:The Era of Visual Studio Code
by scoutt on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @03:19AM
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Absolutely. I build Android images (AOSP/kernel/lk customization) and at the beginning I was using Eclipse over a shared network folder (I have dedicated remote hardware to host and build these monstrous images), but everything was a chore. Then I switched to VSCode + Remote Development over SSH.
Imagine placing the workspace at the root directory of the entire Android source tree, pressing ctrl + shift + F and finding anything in less than a couple of seconds. For C/C++ code, press F12 just ANYWHERE on the code to go to the definition, no matter if it's the entire kernel code, or vendor or AOSP code: it just finds the definition at lightspeed.
For building I use the integrated console. If there is an error or a warning anywhere, you can just click on the console an it takes you to the file with the error/warning. Also it integrates perfectly with Git and has extensions to parse DeviceTree files.
And everything was just much more appreciated while working at home during pandemic.
It sounds like a testimonial advertising, but it's the way it is.
Imagine placing the workspace at the root directory of the entire Android source tree, pressing ctrl + shift + F and finding anything in less than a couple of seconds. For C/C++ code, press F12 just ANYWHERE on the code to go to the definition, no matter if it's the entire kernel code, or vendor or AOSP code: it just finds the definition at lightspeed.
For building I use the integrated console. If there is an error or a warning anywhere, you can just click on the console an it takes you to the file with the error/warning. Also it integrates perfectly with Git and has extensions to parse DeviceTree files.
And everything was just much more appreciated while working at home during pandemic.
It sounds like a testimonial advertising, but it's the way it is.