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Re:Ask HN: Why is building Windows apps so complicated? by vixalien on Sunday December 12, 2021 @09:51AM (#29530061)
I used VS Code but I still can not run my app. I can only use VS.
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Re:Ask HN: Why is building Windows apps so complicated? by easton on Sunday December 12, 2021 @10:41AM (#29530461)
VSCode has issues with MSBuild for all but the easiest (read: Recent .NET version, targeting the web) to build projects. It'll be difficult to get by without VS unless you're a wizard, in which case you're probably stockholm syndromed into VS anyway.
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Re:Ask HN: Why is building Windows apps so complicated? by Tempest1981 on Sunday December 12, 2021 @12:26PM (#29531497)
VS has a debugger, which I find useful during development. Not sure if VSCode does.

Edit: looks like there is an extension for C# and C++

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Re:Ask HN: Why is building Windows apps so complicated? by dleslie on Sunday December 12, 2021 @12:43PM (#29531681)
VSCode can debug and build apps if you have the extensions and tooling installed.

Even C/C++ apps. It's actually a pretty great visual debugger on Linux for that reason.

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