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I use vscode for my personal projects (c++ and a fully open source stack, compiling for both Linux and Windows).

I'm using the proprietary version of vscode (via the aur) for the plugin repository, but I've always envied the open source version...

Are there any tools that have made you excited?

Bonus points if they have some support for compiling with MSVC (or if you can convince me to ditch it for something else).

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[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

I started using Helix editor a while back, and it hasn't disappointed yet. One important thing I've not yet got to work is Python debugging, so for that I usually switch over to VSCode or PyCharm. Otherwise a very good editor.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

I use vscodium and it is available on AUR (vscodium / vscodium-bin). Supposedly there are some plugins not available for it, but i don't use a ton of plugins and the ones I used in vscode were available in vscodium when i switched.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

@starshipwinepineapple @rklm I mainly use Theia IDE, similar and compatible to vscode extensions, but not tied to microsoft

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Microsoft just released Edit a couple of days ago. At least it's not bloated, and it's cross-platform.

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[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I love Eclipse for Java and QtCreator for C++/Qt. Eclipses auto-complete switched between psychic and psychotic at times but its integration with tools such as git and gradle is second to none. I never drunk the Jetbrains koolaid.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Neither of these are IDEs (nor is VSCode), but it'd be Zed and Neovim for me. Zed is fast and pleasant to use, but also will enshittify eventually. Debug support is in progress but not live. Neovim is fun and it's nice to be more in control of what is going on, but I haven't made the necessary progress to be productive in large projects with it yet. I was excited for Lapce but it fell short, had too many issues in a short time.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Professionally I do use VS Code but at home I have Lapce installed. It opens really fast. I don't do anything extensive at home so I haven't explored the plugin ecosystem yet but it's fast. That's most of what I care for at home

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Looks pretty, and familiar to vscode. I'll check it out!

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[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Jetbrains Rider for C# and VSCodium for arduino / microcontroller programming.

I’m trying to learn my way around the tmux + neovim life but the learning curve might be too much for me.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

VSCod(ium). Jetbrains IDEs are arguably better (I've used this some in the past), but I like OSS and having all languages in one IDE (even though some languages may not be integrated as well as others).

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[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

That looks interesting, I see it's been discontinued 2 years ago though, is there a maintained fork that you use?

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Xcode because I build iOS apps.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

I use a different IDE for each language in which I code

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Vim when I can, and when I can't, Neovim with plugins (LazyVim). Both are fast. I have had troubles with Neovim and configuration, and it does some things that really annoy me (like autoclosing parentheses - it just messes up everything). Honestly, the only feature that I really need is Go To Definition.

But vim - I absolutely love it. I started using it nearly 20 years ago and it still does everything one could want if you're willing to learn the keymaps and commands. Macros, ci), block indentation and so on. It's even great for editing XML. If the codebases I'm working on these days weren't so large and complicated, I would still be using it with very little configuration in my .vimrc.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

I don't use lazyvim, but I found the "auto pairs" plugin you can try to disable

https://www.lazyvim.org/plugins/coding#minipairs

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VS Code at work, Zed at home.

Despite Zed crashing my laptop every once in a while, it's been a refreshing change-up from VS Code.

I use a vim extension in both btw...

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Doesn't Zed have a vim mode by default?

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[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

My preference is Visual Studio. For some technologies, and mass-text-replace, I use Visual Studio Code.

A long time ago my main IDE was Eclipse for C++ and Java before that. Recently, I've tried RustRover for Rust as an alternative to VS Code.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Visual Studio debugger is still best thing ever. It is strange how much poorer vscode's debugger is compared to visual studio.

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I love kdevelop

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

I use jupyter notebooks on VSCode

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