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?

  • @graphite
    0•2 years ago

    Both VS and VS Code work well for Python and C#.

    With VS, you’ll need less configuration in order to use a debugger to step through your code, but IME the additional configuration required by VS Code isn’t that bad.

    I can’t comment on JS, since I rarely write JS.

    VS Code is more flexible than VS, but VS gives you more out of the box.

    VS (or Jet Brains) is practically essential on Windows for C++, but if you’re using WSL then VS Code is a decent alternative.