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Alternatives to CLion

Visual Studio, Eclipse, NetBeans IDE, ReSharper, and AppCode are the most popular alternatives and competitors to CLion.
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What is CLion and what are its top alternatives?

Knowing your code through and through, CLion can take care of the routine while you focus on the important things. Boost your productivity with the keyboard-centric approach (Vim-emulation plugin is also available in plugin repository), full coding assistance, smart and relevant code completion, fast project navigation, intelligent intention actions, and reliable refactorings.
CLion is a tool in the Integrated Development Environment category of a tech stack.

Top Alternatives to CLion

  • Visual Studio
    Visual Studio

    Visual Studio is a suite of component-based software development tools and other technologies for building powerful, high-performance applications. ...

  • Eclipse
    Eclipse

    Standard Eclipse package suited for Java and plug-in development plus adding new plugins; already includes Git, Marketplace Client, source code and developer documentation. Click here to file a bug against Eclipse Platform. ...

  • NetBeans IDE
    NetBeans IDE

    NetBeans IDE is FREE, open source, and has a worldwide community of users and developers. ...

  • ReSharper
    ReSharper

    It is a popular developer productivity extension for Microsoft Visual Studio. It automates most of what can be automated in your coding routines. It finds compiler errors, runtime errors, redundancies, and code smells right as you type, suggesting intelligent corrections for them. ...

  • AppCode
    AppCode

    It is an integrated development environment for Swift, Objective-C, C, C++, and JavaScript development built on JetBrains’ IntelliJ IDEA platform. It takes care of your routine tasks and saves you from extra typing. ...

  • Atom
    Atom

    At GitHub, we're building the text editor we've always wanted. A tool you can customize to do anything, but also use productively on the first day without ever touching a config file. Atom is modern, approachable, and hackable to the core. We can't wait to see what you build with it. ...

  • Qt Creator
    Qt Creator

    It is a cross platform integrated development environment (IDE) to create C++ and QML applications for multiple desktop, embedded and mobile platforms. It comes with a code editor, and is integrated with tools for designing, coding, testing, deploying and maintaining your software throughout its product lifecycle. ...

  • Visual Studio Code
    Visual Studio Code

    Build and debug modern web and cloud applications. Code is free and available on your favorite platform - Linux, Mac OSX, and Windows. ...

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PROS OF VISUAL STUDIO
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    Intellisense, ui
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    Complete ide and debugger
  • 165
    Plug-ins
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    Integrated
  • 93
    Documentation
  • 37
    Fast
  • 35
    Node tools for visual studio (ntvs)
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    Free Community edition
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    Simple
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    Bug free
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    Made by Microsoft
  • 6
    Full free community version
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    JetBrains plugins (ReSharper etc.) work sufficiently OK
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    Productivity Power Tools
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    Vim mode
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    VIM integration
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    I develop UWP apps and Intellisense is super useful
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    Cross platform development
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    The Power and Easiness to Do anything in any.. language
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    Available for Mac and Windows
CONS OF VISUAL STUDIO
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    Bulky
  • 14
    Made by Microsoft
  • 5
    Sometimes you need to restart to finish an update
  • 3
    Too much size for disk
  • 3
    Only avalible on Windows

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Maria Naggaga
Senior Program Manager - .NET Team at Microsoft · | 8 upvotes · 668.9K views

.NET Core is #free, #cross-platform, and #opensource. A developer platform for building all types of apps ( #web apps #mobile #games #machinelearning #AI and #Desktop ).

Developers have chosen .NET for:

Productive: Combined with the extensive class libraries, common APIs, multi-language support, and the powerful tooling provided by the Visual Studio family ( Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code ), .NET is the most productive platform for developers.

Any app: From mobile applications running on iOS, Android and Windows, to Enterprise server applications running on Windows Server and Linux, or high-scale microservices running in the cloud, .NET provides a solution for you.

Performance: .NET is fast. Really fast! The popular TechEmpower benchmark compares web application frameworks with tasks like JSON serialization, database access, and server side template rendering - .NET performs faster than any other popular framework.

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Nicholas Rogoff

Secure Membership Web API backed by SQL Server. This is the backing API to store additional profile and complex membership metadata outside of an Azure AD B2C provider. The front-end using the Azure AD B2C to allow 3rd party trusted identity providers to authenticate. This API provides a way to add and manage more complex permission structures than can easily be maintained in Azure AD.

We have .Net developers and an Azure infrastructure environment using server-less functions, logic apps and SaaS where ever possible. For this service I opted to keep it as a classic WebAPI project and deployed to AppService.

  • Trusted Authentication Provider: @AzureActiveDirectoryB2C
  • Frameworks: .NET Core
  • Language: C# , Microsoft SQL Server , JavaScript
  • IDEs: Visual Studio Code , Visual Studio
  • Libraries: jQuery @EntityFramework, @AutoMapper, @FeatureToggle , @Swashbuckle
  • Database: @SqlAzure
  • Source Control: Git
  • Build and Release Pipelines: Azure DevOps
  • Test tools: Postman , Newman
  • Test framework: @nUnit, @moq
  • Infrastructure: @AzureAppService, @AzureAPIManagement
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Eclipse

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PROS OF ECLIPSE
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    Does it all
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    Integrates with most of tools
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    Easy to use
  • 63
    Java IDE
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    Best Java IDE
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    Open source
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    Hard for newbews
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    Great gdb integration
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    Professional
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    Good Git client allowing direct stage area edit
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    True open source with huge contribution
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    Great code suggestions
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    Extensible
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    Lightweight
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    Works with php
CONS OF ECLIPSE
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    2000 Design
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    Bad performance
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UPDATE: Thanks for the great response. I am going to start with VSCode based on the open source and free version that will allow me to grow into other languages, but not cost me a license ..yet.

I have been working with software development for 12 years, but I am just beginning my journey to learn to code. I am starting with Python following the suggestion of some of my coworkers. They are split between Eclipse and IntelliJ IDEA for IDEs that they use and PyCharm is new to me. Which IDE would you suggest for a beginner that will allow expansion to Java, JavaScript, and eventually AngularJS and possibly mobile applications?

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Dean Stringer

Have been a Visual Studio Code user since just after launch to the general public, having used the likes of Eclipse and Atom previously. Was amazed how mature it seemed off the bat and was super intrigued by the bootstrapped nature of it having been written/based on Electron/TypeScript, and of course being an open-source app from Microsoft. The features, plugin ecosystem and release frequency are very impressive. I do dev work on both Mac and Windows and don't use anything else now as far as IDEs go.

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NetBeans IDE

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PROS OF NETBEANS IDE
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    Rich features
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    Crossplatform
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    Plugins(Git, SVN)
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    Easy to use
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    Extensible
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    PHP Support
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    Java support
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    File History
  • 21
    Code analysis
  • 18
    MySQL support
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    Free
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    Open source
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    Code completion
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    Strong Maven Support
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    NodeJs support
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    Webdev king
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    Easy maven project start
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    Best
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    Jira Plugin
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    Foss
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    Out of the box integration with maven, git, svn
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    History of changes, friendly tabs
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    Mandatory
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    Intuitive ui
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    Chrome plugin to live update javascript from browser
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    Groovy support
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    Native Nette support
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    I don't like NetBeans
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    Smarty support
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    Visual GUI Builder for Swing / AWT
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    Custom html tags support
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    Powerful refactoring
  • 1
    Composer commands inside IDE
CONS OF NETBEANS IDE
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    PHP debug doesn't support conditional breakpoints

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PROS OF RESHARPER
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    Refactor also using different code
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    Early discover bugs
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    IDE Integration
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    Highlighted //todo //bug
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    Spell checking
CONS OF RESHARPER
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    Visual studio become slower

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PROS OF APPCODE
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    Better typing
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    Awesome refactoring support
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    Powerful search and replace
CONS OF APPCODE
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      Free
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      Open source
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      Modular design
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      Hackable
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      Beautiful UI
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      Github integration
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      Backed by github
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      Built with node.js
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      Web native
    • 107
      Community
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      Packages
    • 18
      Cross platform
    • 5
      Multicursor support
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      Nice UI
    • 5
      TypeScript editor
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      Snippets
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      Simple but powerful
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      Open source, lots of packages, and so configurable
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      cli start
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      Chrome Inspector works IN EDITOR
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      Awesome
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      Smart TypeScript code completion
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      Well documented
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      It's powerful
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      Code readability
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      works with GitLab
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      User friendly
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      full support
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      vim support
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      Split-Tab Layout
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      "Free", "Hackable", "Open Source", The Awesomness
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      Hackable and Open Source
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      Consistent UI on all platforms
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      Publish
    CONS OF ATOM
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      Slow with large files
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      Slow startup
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      Most of the time packages are hard to find.
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      No longer maintained
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      Cannot Run code with F5
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      Can be easily Modified

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    I liked Sublime Text for its speed, simplicity and keyboard shortcuts which synergize well when working on scripting languages like Ruby and JavaScript. I extended the editor with custom Python scripts that improved keyboard navigability such as autofocusing the sidebar when no files are open, or changing tab closing behavior.

    But customization can only get you so far, and there were little things that I still had to use the mouse for, such as scrolling, repositioning lines on the screen, selecting the line number of a failing test stack trace from a separate plugin pane, etc. After 3 years of wearily moving my arm and hand to perform the same repetitive tasks, I decided to switch to Vim for 3 reasons:

    • your fingers literally don’t ever need to leave the keyboard home row (I had to remap the escape key though)
    • it is a reliable tool that has been around for more than 30 years and will still be around for the next 30 years
    • I wanted to "look like a hacker" by doing everything inside my terminal and by becoming a better Unix citizen

    The learning curve is very steep and it took me a year to master it, but investing time to be truly comfortable with my #TextEditor was more than worth it. To me, Vim comes close to being the perfect editor and I probably won’t need to switch ever again. It feels good to ignore new editors that come out every few years, like Atom and Visual Studio Code.

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    Julian Sanchez
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    PROS OF QT CREATOR
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      Free and opensource
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      Code intellisense for qml
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      Light and Fast
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      Supports cmake
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      Multi Window mode
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      QML Designer
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      Code intellisense for c++
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      Supports qmake
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      Vim mode
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      Debug and Profile tools
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        Powerful multilanguage IDE
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        Fast
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        Front-end develop out of the box
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        Support TypeScript IntelliSense
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        Very basic but free
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        Git integration
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        Intellisense
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        Faster than Atom
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        Better ui, easy plugins, and nice git integration
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        Great Refactoring Tools
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        Good Plugins
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        Terminal
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        Superb markdown support
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        Open Source
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        Extensions
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        Large & up-to-date extension community
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        Awesome UI
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        Powerful and fast
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        Portable
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        Best editor
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        Best code editor
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        Easy to get started with
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        Lots of extensions
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        Built on Electron
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        Crossplatform
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        Good for begginers
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        Extensions for everything
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        Open, cross-platform, fast, monthly updates
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        All Languages Support
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        Easy to use and learn
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        Extensible
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        "fast, stable & easy to use"
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        Totally customizable
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        Git out of the box
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        Faster edit for slow computer
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        Ui design is great
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        Useful for begginer
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        Great community
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        SSH support
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        Fast Startup
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        It has terminal and there are lots of shortcuts in it
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        Powerful Debugger
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        Great language support
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        Works With Almost EveryThing You Need
      • 8
        Python extension is fast
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        Can compile and run .py files
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        Great document formater
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        Features rich
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        He is not Michael
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        Awesome multi cursor support
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        Extension Echosystem
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        She is not Rachel
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        Language server client
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        Easy azure
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        SFTP Workspace
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        VSCode.pro Course makes it easy to learn
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        Very proffesional
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        Supports lots of operating systems
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        Has better support and more extentions for debugging
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        Excellent as git difftool and mergetool
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        Virtualenv integration
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        Has more than enough languages for any developer
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        Better autocompletes than Atom
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        Emmet preinstalled
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        'batteries included'
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        More tools to integrate with vs
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        VS Code Server: Browser version of VS Code
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        Big extension marketplace
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        Customizable
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        Microsoft
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        Light
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        Fast and ruby is built right in
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        CMake support with autocomplete
      CONS OF VISUAL STUDIO CODE
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        Slow startup
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        Resource hog at times
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        Poor refactoring
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        Microsoft
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        Poor UI Designer
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        Weak Ui design tools
      • 10
        Poor autocomplete
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        Super Slow
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        Microsoft sends telemetry data
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        Poor in PHP
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        Huge cpu usage with few installed extension
      • 6
        It's MicroSoft
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        No built in live Preview
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        No Built in Browser Preview
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        Poor in Python
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        Electron
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        No color Intergrator
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        Very basic for java development and buggy at times
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        Powered by Electron
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        Bad Plugin Architecture
      • 1
        Terminal does not identify path vars sometimes
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        Slow C++ Language Server

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      Our whole DevOps stack consists of the following tools:

      • GitHub (incl. GitHub Pages/Markdown for Documentation, GettingStarted and HowTo's) for collaborative review and code management tool
      • Respectively Git as revision control system
      • SourceTree as Git GUI
      • Visual Studio Code as IDE
      • CircleCI for continuous integration (automatize development process)
      • Prettier / TSLint / ESLint as code linter
      • SonarQube as quality gate
      • Docker as container management (incl. Docker Compose for multi-container application management)
      • VirtualBox for operating system simulation tests
      • Kubernetes as cluster management for docker containers
      • Heroku for deploying in test environments
      • nginx as web server (preferably used as facade server in production environment)
      • SSLMate (using OpenSSL) for certificate management
      • Amazon EC2 (incl. Amazon S3) for deploying in stage (production-like) and production environments
      • PostgreSQL as preferred database system
      • Redis as preferred in-memory database/store (great for caching)

      The main reason we have chosen Kubernetes over Docker Swarm is related to the following artifacts:

      • Key features: Easy and flexible installation, Clear dashboard, Great scaling operations, Monitoring is an integral part, Great load balancing concepts, Monitors the condition and ensures compensation in the event of failure.
      • Applications: An application can be deployed using a combination of pods, deployments, and services (or micro-services).
      • Functionality: Kubernetes as a complex installation and setup process, but it not as limited as Docker Swarm.
      • Monitoring: It supports multiple versions of logging and monitoring when the services are deployed within the cluster (Elasticsearch/Kibana (ELK), Heapster/Grafana, Sysdig cloud integration).
      • Scalability: All-in-one framework for distributed systems.
      • Other Benefits: Kubernetes is backed by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), huge community among container orchestration tools, it is an open source and modular tool that works with any OS.
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      Johnny Bell

      I've been in the #frontend game for about 7 years now. I started coding in Sublime Text because all of the tutorials I was doing back then everyone was using it. I found the speed amazing compared to some other tools at the time. I kept using Sublime Text for about 4-5 years.

      I find Sublime Text lacks some functionality, after all it is just a text editor rather than a full fledged IDE. I finally converted over to PhpStorm as I was working with Magento and Magento as you know is mainly #PHP based.

      This was amazing all the features in PhpStorm I loved, the debugging features, and the control click feature when you click on a dependency or linked file it will take you to that file. It was great.

      PhpStorm is kind of slow, I found that Prettier was taking a long time to format my code, and it just was lagging a lot so I was looking for alternatives. After watching some more tutorial videos I noticed that everyone was using Visual Studio Code. So I gave it a go, and its amazing.

      It has support for everything I need with the plugins and the integration with Git is amazing. The speed of this IDE is blazing fast, and I wouldn't go back to using PhpStorm anymore. I highly recommend giving Visual Studio Code a try!

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