To reduce the learning curve, you can start by installing some plugins : IntelliJ IDEA Keybindings, Code Spell Checker, Prettier, goto-last-edit-location, Auto Rename Tag, TODO Highlight. One point for VS Code ! Starting with VS Code Using VS Code did a huge change in overall performance and my Mac seems young again. I fell in love with TypeScript and I’m still learning to do some server-side programming with a Node.js/TypeScript framework called Nest. I’ve started with PHP and did many Laravel projects, then started with AngularJS when it came out and evolved to Angular. When I say everybody, I mean the louder ones, the JS and NodeJS developers :)Īctually, I’m one of them without being one of them. I heard that VS Code was more lightweight and I decided to take the opportunity to try the thing that everybody is talking about. As my MacBook Pro started its third year of existence, it became a bit slow (thanks planned obsolescence), an its 8gb of RAM are not that much when WebStorm only itself often uses 2gb. I loved my experience and I even wrote a post about it at that time.īoth WebStorm and Microsoft Visual Studio Code are VERY similar, so why loose time to learn something new ? All started with performance. I have been working for 4 years on IntelliJ IDEA (IntelliJ, WebStorm, PHPStorm, P圜harm are basically “flavors” of the same product). Why change from one to another ?įirst of all, let me say that both softwares are really good. For that reason, I don’t want to create another VSCode VS WebStorm post, but instead relate how and why I came to switch from JetBrains WebStorm to Microsoft VS Code. For developers, IDE/Text-editor choice has passed beyond rational debate long time ago : it’s something personal.

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