Overview

Visual Studio Code

Stacks186.5K

Followers169.1K

Votes2.3K

GitHub Stars178.2K

Forks35.9K

Org Mode

Stacks36

Followers39

Votes10

GitHub Stars6

Forks2

Org Mode vs Visual Studio Code: What are the differences?

Introduction

This document provides a comparison between Org Mode and Visual Studio Code, highlighting the key differences between these two tools.

Extensibility: Org Mode is a mode within the Emacs text editor and offers a wide range of extensions and customization options. On the other hand, Visual Studio Code is a standalone code editor with a rich ecosystem of extensions and plugins that enhance its functionality. While Org Mode has a strong focus on productivity and organizing information, Visual Studio Code is more geared towards software development and offers a wider range of language and framework support.
User Interface: Org Mode within Emacs has a text-based user interface, allowing users to easily write and edit plain text files using simple markup. Visual Studio Code, on the other hand, provides a graphical user interface with a modern and customizable workspace. It offers more visual tools, such as integrated debugging, a built-in terminal, and a sidebar for file navigation and extensions management.
Collaboration: Org Mode supports collaborative editing through Emacs using built-in features like version control systems, such as Git. Visual Studio Code, being a standalone code editor, can also facilitate collaboration through its Live Share extension, allowing multiple users to work together in real-time on the same codebase.
Language Support: Org Mode primarily focuses on plain text editing and markup languages, providing extensive support for organizing information and creating structured documents, such as to-do lists, agendas, and documents with embedded code snippets. Visual Studio Code, on the other hand, supports a wide range of programming languages and provides comprehensive language services, including code completion, error checking, and refactoring tools specific to each language.
Development Environment: Org Mode, being a part of Emacs, provides a highly customizable and powerful development environment. It offers features like integrated shell access, project management, and integration with external software tools. Visual Studio Code, while not as flexible as Emacs, still offers a robust development environment with features like integrated terminals, integrated source control, and a wide range of extensions and themes for customization.
Learning Curve: Org Mode has a steeper learning curve due to its integration within Emacs and its extensive set of features. Users need to learn Emacs-specific keybindings and commands to fully utilize Org Mode's capabilities. Visual Studio Code, on the other hand, has a more intuitive user interface and a shallower learning curve, making it easier for beginners to get started and be productive quickly.

In Summary, Org Mode and Visual Studio Code differ in terms of their extensibility, user interface, collaboration capabilities, language support, development environment, and learning curve.

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Advice on Visual Studio Code, Org Mode

Kamaleshwar

Software Engineer at Dibiz Pte. Ltd.

Jul 8, 2020

Decided

Visual Studio Code became famous over the past 3+ years I believe. The clean UI, easy to use UX and the plethora of integrations made it a very easy decision for us. Our gripe with Sublime was probably only the UX side. VSCode has not failed us till now, and still is able to support our development env without any significant effort.

Goland being paid, as well as built only for Go seemed like a significant limitation to not consider it.

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Simon

Student at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Jan 9, 2020

Decided

I decided to choose VSCode over Sublime text for my Systems Programming class in C. What I love about VSCode is its awesome ability to add extensions. Intellisense is a beautiful debugger, and Remote SSH allows me to login and make real-time changes in VSCode to files on my university server. This is an awesome alternative to going back and forth on pushing/pulling code and logging into servers in the terminal. Great choice for anyone interested in C programming!

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Detailed Comparison

Visual Studio Code	Org Mode
Build and debug modern web and cloud applications. Code is free and available on your favorite platform - Linux, Mac OSX, and Windows.	It is used for keeping notes, maintaining TODO lists, planning projects, and authoring documents with a fast and effective plain-text system
Combines UI of a modern editor with code assistance and navigation; Integrated debugging experience	Editing; Planning; Clocking; Agendas; Capturing;
Statistics
GitHub Stars 178.2K	GitHub Stars 6
GitHub Forks 35.9K	GitHub Forks 2
Stacks 186.5K	Stacks 36
Followers 169.1K	Followers 39
Votes 2.3K	Votes 10
Pros & Cons
Pros 341 Powerful multilanguage IDE 310 Fast 194 Front-end develop out of the box 158 Support TypeScript IntelliSense 142 Very basic but free Cons 46 Slow startup 29 Resource hog at times 20 Poor refactoring 14 Poor UI Designer 11 Weak Ui design tools	Pros 1 Portable across platforms 1 Note-taking 1 Intuitive 1 Agenda and Calendar 1 Works in CLI via Emacs Cons 1 Not many editors have org mode support other then Emacs
Integrations
No integrations available	Geckoboard BugMuncher Bitbucket Bugsnag

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