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Browserify vs Visual Studio Code: What are the differences?

  1. Bundle JavaScript: Browserify is a tool that allows developers to bundle JavaScript files for the browser, while Visual Studio Code is an integrated development environment (IDE) used for writing, debugging, and modifying code.
  2. Plugins and Extensions: Visual Studio Code has a wide range of plugins and extensions available in its marketplace to enhance functionality, whereas Browserify focuses solely on bundling JavaScript files and does not provide a wide range of plugins.
  3. Debugging Capabilities: Visual Studio Code provides powerful debugging capabilities such as breakpoints, variable inspection, and call stack navigation, which are not available in Browserify.
  4. Language Support: Visual Studio Code supports a wide range of programming languages and frameworks, making it versatile for various development tasks, whereas Browserify is specifically tailored for bundling JavaScript files.
  5. Real-time Collaboration: Visual Studio Code offers real-time collaboration features, enabling multiple developers to work on the same codebase simultaneously, which is not a feature available in Browserify.
  6. Code Navigation: Visual Studio Code provides advanced code navigation features such as Go to Definition, Peek Definition, and Find All References, which help developers navigate and understand code more efficiently compared to Browserify.

In Summary, Browserify is primarily used for bundling JavaScript files for the browser, while Visual Studio Code is a versatile IDE with extensive features and capabilities for coding and debugging.

Decisions about Browserify 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 Browserify
Pros of Visual Studio Code
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    Node style browser code
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    Load modules installed by npm
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    Works great with gulp.js
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    NPM modules in the brower
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    Open source
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    Node streams
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    Easy setup
  • 340
    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
  • 45
    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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    Awesome UI
  • 26
    Large & up-to-date extension community
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    Powerful and fast
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    Portable
  • 18
    Best code editor
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    Best editor
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    Easy to get started with
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    Lots of extensions
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    Good for begginers
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    Crossplatform
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    Built on Electron
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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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    "fast, stable & easy to use"
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    Extensible
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    Ui design is great
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    Totally customizable
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    Git out of the box
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    Useful for begginer
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    Faster edit for slow computer
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    SSH support
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    Great community
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    Fast Startup
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    Works With Almost EveryThing You Need
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    Great language support
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    Powerful Debugger
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    It has terminal and there are lots of shortcuts in it
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    Can compile and run .py files
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    Python extension is fast
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    Features rich
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    Great document formater
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    He is not Michael
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    Extension Echosystem
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    She is not Rachel
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    Awesome multi cursor support
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    VSCode.pro Course makes it easy to learn
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    Language server client
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    SFTP Workspace
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    Very proffesional
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    Easy azure
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    Has better support and more extentions for debugging
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    Supports lots of operating systems
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    Excellent as git difftool and mergetool
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    Virtualenv integration
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    Better autocompletes than Atom
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    Has more than enough languages for any developer
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    'batteries included'
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    More tools to integrate with vs
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    Emmet preinstalled
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    VS Code Server: Browser version of VS Code
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    CMake support with autocomplete
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    Microsoft
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    Customizable
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    Light
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    Big extension marketplace
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    Fast and ruby is built right in
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    • 46
      Slow startup
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      Resource hog at times
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      Poor refactoring
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      Poor UI Designer
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      Weak Ui design tools
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      Poor autocomplete
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      Super Slow
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      Huge cpu usage with few installed extension
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      Microsoft sends telemetry data
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      Poor in PHP
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      It's MicroSoft
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      Poor in Python
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      No Built in Browser Preview
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      No color Intergrator
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      Very basic for java development and buggy at times
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      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
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      Slow C++ Language Server

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    What is Browserify?

    Browserify lets you require('modules') in the browser by bundling up all of your dependencies.

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    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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