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AWS CodeCommit vs Visual Studio Code: What are the differences?

Introduction

AWS CodeCommit is a fully managed source control service provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS) that makes it easy for teams to host secure and scalable Git repositories. On the other hand, Visual Studio Code is a lightweight but powerful source code editor developed by Microsoft. While both CodeCommit and Visual Studio Code are related to source code management, they have key differences that set them apart.

  1. Deployment: AWS CodeCommit is a cloud-based service that allows users to host their Git repositories securely in the AWS cloud. It provides a scalable and fully managed solution with elastic storage, access control, and integrated continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) capabilities. On the other hand, Visual Studio Code is a desktop-based code editor that can be installed on various operating systems, such as Windows, macOS, and Linux. It is primarily used for writing, debugging, and editing code in different programming languages.

  2. Collaboration: AWS CodeCommit offers rich collaboration features for teams working on software development projects. It provides features like pull requests, code reviews, and branching to facilitate collaboration and code quality control. Visual Studio Code, on the other hand, is primarily designed for individual developers and provides less extensive collaboration features compared to CodeCommit.

  3. Integration: AWS CodeCommit integrates well with other AWS services and developer tools. It offers seamless integration with AWS CodePipeline, AWS CodeBuild, and AWS CodeDeploy for building, testing, and deploying code. Visual Studio Code, while being extensible with various plugins and extensions, does not have the same level of built-in integration with AWS services as CodeCommit.

  4. Scalability: AWS CodeCommit is built on top of AWS infrastructure, which ensures scalability and availability of the service. CodeCommit provides automatic backups, high availability, and automatic replication across multiple availability zones. Visual Studio Code, being a desktop-based code editor, does not have the same level of scalability as CodeCommit. It relies on the resources of the local machine it is installed on.

  5. Pricing Model: AWS CodeCommit follows a usage-based model where users pay for the number of active repositories, storage, data transfer, and other related parameters. The pricing is based on consumption. Visual Studio Code, on the other hand, is a free and open-source code editor. While it may have extensions or plugins that require separate licensing or payment, the base editor itself is free to use.

  6. Accessibility: AWS CodeCommit can be accessed via the AWS Management Console, AWS CLI, and SDKs, providing a secure and user-friendly interface for developers. Visual Studio Code can be accessed directly on the desktop, which offers greater flexibility and accessibility, as it can be used offline without relying on an internet connection or specific cloud access.

In summary, AWS CodeCommit is a cloud-based source control service with extensive collaboration, integration, scalability, and pricing features, while Visual Studio Code is a desktop-based code editor primarily designed for individual developers.

Decisions about AWS CodeCommit and Visual Studio Code
Samriddhi Sinha
Machine Learning Engineer at Chefling · | 6 upvotes · 1M views

Lightweight and versatile. Huge library of extensions that enable you to integrate a host of services to your development environment. VS Code's biggest strength is its library of extensions which enables it to directly compete with every single major IDE for almost all major programming languages.

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Kamaleshwar BN
Senior Software Engineer at Pulley · | 12 upvotes · 1.3M views

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 Ibssa
Student at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo · | 2 upvotes · 1.3M views

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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Pros of AWS CodeCommit
Pros of Visual Studio Code
  • 44
    Free private repos
  • 26
    IAM integration
  • 24
    Pay-As-You-Go Pricing
  • 20
    Amazon feels the most Secure
  • 19
    Repo data encrypted at rest
  • 11
    I can make repository by myself if I have AWS account
  • 11
    Faster deployments when using other AWS services
  • 8
    AWS CodePipeline integration
  • 6
    Codebuild integration
  • 6
    Does not support web hooks yet! :(
  • 4
    Cost Effective
  • 2
    No Git LFS! Dealbreaker for me
  • 2
    Elastic Beanstalk Integration
  • 2
    Integrated with AWS Ecosystem
  • 1
    Integration via SQS/SNS for events (replaces webhooks)
  • 1
    IAM
  • 1
    Issue tracker
  • 1
    Available in Ireland (Dublin) region
  • 1
    CodeDeploy Integration
  • 1
    CodeCommit Trigger for an AWS Lambda Function
  • 1
    Open source friendly
  • 1
    Only US Region
  • 0
    Ui
  • 340
    Powerful multilanguage IDE
  • 308
    Fast
  • 193
    Front-end develop out of the box
  • 158
    Support TypeScript IntelliSense
  • 142
    Very basic but free
  • 126
    Git integration
  • 106
    Intellisense
  • 78
    Faster than Atom
  • 53
    Better ui, easy plugins, and nice git integration
  • 45
    Great Refactoring Tools
  • 44
    Good Plugins
  • 42
    Terminal
  • 38
    Superb markdown support
  • 36
    Open Source
  • 35
    Extensions
  • 26
    Awesome UI
  • 26
    Large & up-to-date extension community
  • 24
    Powerful and fast
  • 22
    Portable
  • 18
    Best code editor
  • 18
    Best editor
  • 17
    Easy to get started with
  • 15
    Lots of extensions
  • 15
    Good for begginers
  • 15
    Crossplatform
  • 15
    Built on Electron
  • 14
    Extensions for everything
  • 14
    Open, cross-platform, fast, monthly updates
  • 14
    All Languages Support
  • 13
    Easy to use and learn
  • 12
    "fast, stable & easy to use"
  • 12
    Extensible
  • 11
    Ui design is great
  • 11
    Totally customizable
  • 11
    Git out of the box
  • 11
    Useful for begginer
  • 11
    Faster edit for slow computer
  • 10
    SSH support
  • 10
    Great community
  • 10
    Fast Startup
  • 9
    Works With Almost EveryThing You Need
  • 9
    Great language support
  • 9
    Powerful Debugger
  • 9
    It has terminal and there are lots of shortcuts in it
  • 8
    Can compile and run .py files
  • 8
    Python extension is fast
  • 7
    Features rich
  • 7
    Great document formater
  • 6
    He is not Michael
  • 6
    Extension Echosystem
  • 6
    She is not Rachel
  • 6
    Awesome multi cursor support
  • 5
    VSCode.pro Course makes it easy to learn
  • 5
    Language server client
  • 5
    SFTP Workspace
  • 5
    Very proffesional
  • 5
    Easy azure
  • 4
    Has better support and more extentions for debugging
  • 4
    Supports lots of operating systems
  • 4
    Excellent as git difftool and mergetool
  • 4
    Virtualenv integration
  • 3
    Better autocompletes than Atom
  • 3
    Has more than enough languages for any developer
  • 3
    'batteries included'
  • 3
    More tools to integrate with vs
  • 3
    Emmet preinstalled
  • 2
    VS Code Server: Browser version of VS Code
  • 2
    CMake support with autocomplete
  • 2
    Microsoft
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    Customizable
  • 2
    Light
  • 2
    Big extension marketplace
  • 2
    Fast and ruby is built right in
  • 1
    File:///C:/Users/ydemi/Downloads/yuksel_demirkaya_webpa

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Cons of AWS CodeCommit
Cons of Visual Studio Code
  • 12
    UI sucks
  • 4
    SLOW
  • 3
    No Issue Tracker
  • 2
    Bad diffing/no blame
  • 2
    NO LFS support
  • 2
    No fork
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    No webhooks
  • 1
    Can't download file from UI
  • 1
    Only time based triggers
  • 0
    Accident-prone UI
  • 46
    Slow startup
  • 29
    Resource hog at times
  • 20
    Poor refactoring
  • 13
    Poor UI Designer
  • 11
    Weak Ui design tools
  • 10
    Poor autocomplete
  • 8
    Super Slow
  • 8
    Huge cpu usage with few installed extension
  • 8
    Microsoft sends telemetry data
  • 7
    Poor in PHP
  • 6
    It's MicroSoft
  • 3
    Poor in Python
  • 3
    No Built in Browser Preview
  • 3
    No color Intergrator
  • 3
    Very basic for java development and buggy at times
  • 3
    No built in live Preview
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    Electron
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    Bad Plugin Architecture
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    Powered by Electron
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    Terminal does not identify path vars sometimes
  • 1
    Slow C++ Language Server

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What is AWS CodeCommit?

CodeCommit eliminates the need to operate your own source control system or worry about scaling its infrastructure. You can use CodeCommit to securely store anything from source code to binaries, and it works seamlessly with your existing Git tools.

What is 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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What are some alternatives to AWS CodeCommit and Visual Studio Code?
GitHub
GitHub is the best place to share code with friends, co-workers, classmates, and complete strangers. Over three million people use GitHub to build amazing things together.
GitLab
GitLab offers git repository management, code reviews, issue tracking, activity feeds and wikis. Enterprises install GitLab on-premise and connect it with LDAP and Active Directory servers for secure authentication and authorization. A single GitLab server can handle more than 25,000 users but it is also possible to create a high availability setup with multiple active servers.
Bitbucket
Bitbucket gives teams one place to plan projects, collaborate on code, test and deploy, all with free private Git repositories. Teams choose Bitbucket because it has a superior Jira integration, built-in CI/CD, & is free for up to 5 users.
GitHub Enterprise
GitHub Enterprise lets developers use the tools they love across the development process with support for popular IDEs, continuous integration tools, and hundreds of third party apps and services.
SVN (Subversion)
Subversion exists to be universally recognized and adopted as an open-source, centralized version control system characterized by its reliability as a safe haven for valuable data; the simplicity of its model and usage; and its ability to support the needs of a wide variety of users and projects, from individuals to large-scale enterprise operations.
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