So I started my coding journey with Python about 2 years ago. I primarily used IDLE which was super bare bones but was perfect for my needs.

I’m now toying around with Javascript with eventual aspirations to learn C# and maybe something else (Golang maybe, C++ is intimidating). I completed codecademy.com’s course on Javascript, have been running through some algo training on codewars, been playing a little BitBurner, but now I want to actually try to develop my own stuff.

Looks like Visual Studio has an environment that supports Javascript, Python, and C# in one place. How is it? What are some of the positives and negatives of choosing to use Visual Studio moving forward?

  • wave_walnut
    11•1 year ago

    Be aware of differences below:

    • Visual Studio 2022 / 2019 is All-in-one IDE software (like PyCharm of Python)
    • Visual Studio Code (VSCode) is simple Text editor with IDE functions and several extensions
      • CalchargerOP
        2•1 year ago

        I mean I just want a handy IDE that I can do python, javascript, and eventually c# when I learn it, instead of continuing to use IDLE and whatever IDE javascript comes packages with

      • MrScottyTay
        1•1 year ago

        Personally I think as a beginner VS is better than VS Code. I’m a professional and VS Code is still overwhelming to me because of the palette system instead of easy drop down menus and whatnot. I want to like VS Code but I can’t get past not knowing what the commands are for the multitude of plugins I need to mimic even a fraction of VS’s capabilities.

        • @[email protected]
          1•1 year ago

          Yeah, I get that. I feel vs code is in this super weird limbo of a wannabe user friendly editor, but really not. And you have to deal with json configurations and whatnot. Honestly, for me jetbrains ides are the best full blown ides out there (even though I’m personally using neovim at the moment). I do believe though that vs code has its perks, such as being completely multiplatform and very popular on the web (that is, you can easily find solutions for your problems).