And - I find the constant change in configurations very confusing, and the plugins also have scant documentation. I can tell 'what is installed' but not exactly how they work together.
Having tied out JetBrains after years away - I'm now permanently back in the IDE camp. For whatever reason they are now 'faster' and so the extra bulk of features comes pretty much for free, and they are just well optimized for whatever you're trying to do.
Java on VSCode is frankly full of little snags. C++ same.
VSCode is a handy go-to tool for quickly looking at code from any language.
For pilfering through some open-source Java, Dart, Rust, that little C project, Python ... the VS is it.
And - I find the constant change in configurations very confusing, and the plugins also have scant documentation. I can tell 'what is installed' but not exactly how they work together.
Having tied out JetBrains after years away - I'm now permanently back in the IDE camp. For whatever reason they are now 'faster' and so the extra bulk of features comes pretty much for free, and they are just well optimized for whatever you're trying to do.
Java on VSCode is frankly full of little snags. C++ same.
VSCode is a handy go-to tool for quickly looking at code from any language.
For pilfering through some open-source Java, Dart, Rust, that little C project, Python ... the VS is it.
But for mainline projects, a good IDE is it.