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GoLand vs Visual Studio Code: What are the differences?
GoLand and Visual Studio Code are both popular integrated development environments (IDEs) used for programming. Here are the key differences that set them apart:
Code Completion and Navigation: GoLand offers advanced code completion and navigation features specifically tailored for Go programming. It provides smarter suggestions and a smoother coding experience compared to Visual Studio Code.
Refactoring Tools: GoLand has a wide range of built-in refactoring tools that make it easier to maintain and improve code quality. These tools automate common tasks like renaming symbols, extracting functions, and optimizing imports. Visual Studio Code, on the other hand, relies on extensions for refactoring capabilities.
Debugger Functionality: GoLand has a powerful debugger with advanced features for breakpoints, variable tracking, and stepping through code. It offers a seamless debugging experience, including support for running tests with breakpoints. Visual Studio Code also has a debugger but may require additional extensions for certain debugging scenarios.
Complete Go Development Environment: GoLand provides an all-in-one solution specifically designed for Go development. It comes bundled with integrated build tools, testing framework, and version control support. Visual Studio Code, while highly extensible, requires installing various extensions to achieve similar functionality.
Integration with IDE Ecosystem: GoLand seamlessly integrates with other JetBrains IDEs, allowing developers to switch between languages and projects effortlessly. It shares a consistent user interface and keybindings with other JetBrains products. Visual Studio Code, on the other hand, is more versatile and supports a wider range of programming languages and frameworks.
Learning Curve and Customization: GoLand is designed to be user-friendly and intuitive, making it easier for new users to get started. It offers extensive documentation and tutorials to help users learn quickly. Visual Studio Code, though user-friendly as well, has a steeper learning curve. However, it provides a high degree of customization through extensions, allowing users to tailor their IDE to their specific needs.
In summary, GoLand provides a more focused and comprehensive development environment with advanced code completion, refactoring tools, and debugging capabilities. Visual Studio Code, while offering versatility and customization options, requires additional extensions and may not have the same level of tailored support for Go programming.
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.
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!
Pros of GoLand
- Auto-completion that is fast and comprehensive4
- Refactoring is efficient and has a simple UI4
- Git interaction becomes very simple and fast2
Pros of Visual Studio Code
- Powerful multilanguage IDE340
- Fast308
- Front-end develop out of the box193
- Support TypeScript IntelliSense158
- Very basic but free142
- Git integration126
- Intellisense106
- Faster than Atom78
- Better ui, easy plugins, and nice git integration53
- Great Refactoring Tools45
- Good Plugins44
- Terminal42
- Superb markdown support38
- Open Source36
- Extensions35
- Awesome UI26
- Large & up-to-date extension community26
- Powerful and fast24
- Portable22
- Best code editor18
- Best editor18
- Easy to get started with17
- Lots of extensions15
- Good for begginers15
- Crossplatform15
- Built on Electron15
- Extensions for everything14
- Open, cross-platform, fast, monthly updates14
- All Languages Support14
- Easy to use and learn13
- "fast, stable & easy to use"12
- Extensible12
- Ui design is great11
- Totally customizable11
- Git out of the box11
- Useful for begginer11
- Faster edit for slow computer11
- SSH support10
- Great community10
- Fast Startup10
- Works With Almost EveryThing You Need9
- Great language support9
- Powerful Debugger9
- It has terminal and there are lots of shortcuts in it9
- Can compile and run .py files8
- Python extension is fast8
- Features rich7
- Great document formater7
- He is not Michael6
- Extension Echosystem6
- She is not Rachel6
- Awesome multi cursor support6
- VSCode.pro Course makes it easy to learn5
- Language server client5
- SFTP Workspace5
- Very proffesional5
- Easy azure5
- Has better support and more extentions for debugging4
- Supports lots of operating systems4
- Excellent as git difftool and mergetool4
- Virtualenv integration4
- Better autocompletes than Atom3
- Has more than enough languages for any developer3
- 'batteries included'3
- More tools to integrate with vs3
- Emmet preinstalled3
- VS Code Server: Browser version of VS Code2
- CMake support with autocomplete2
- Microsoft2
- Customizable2
- Light2
- Big extension marketplace2
- Fast and ruby is built right in2
- File:///C:/Users/ydemi/Downloads/yuksel_demirkaya_webpa1
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Cons of GoLand
- Not free2
Cons of Visual Studio Code
- Slow startup46
- Resource hog at times29
- Poor refactoring20
- Poor UI Designer13
- Weak Ui design tools11
- Poor autocomplete10
- Super Slow8
- Huge cpu usage with few installed extension8
- Microsoft sends telemetry data8
- Poor in PHP7
- It's MicroSoft6
- Poor in Python3
- No Built in Browser Preview3
- No color Intergrator3
- Very basic for java development and buggy at times3
- No built in live Preview3
- Electron3
- Bad Plugin Architecture2
- Powered by Electron2
- Terminal does not identify path vars sometimes1
- Slow C++ Language Server1
