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Notepad++ vs Visual Studio Code: What are the differences?
Notepad++: Free source code editor and Notepad replacement. Notepad++ is a free (as in "free speech" and also as in "free beer") source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages. Running in the MS Windows environment, its use is governed by GPL License; Visual Studio Code: Build and debug modern web and cloud applications, by Microsoft. Build and debug modern web and cloud applications. Code is free and available on your favorite platform - Linux, Mac OSX, and Windows.
Notepad++ and Visual Studio Code can be primarily classified as "Text Editor" tools.
"Syntax for all languages that i use", "Tabbed ui" and "Great code editor" are the key factors why developers consider Notepad++; whereas "Powerful multilanguage IDE", "Fast" and "Front-end develop out of the box" are the primary reasons why Visual Studio Code is favored.
Visual Studio Code is an open source tool with 79.3K GitHub stars and 11.1K GitHub forks. Here's a link to Visual Studio Code's open source repository on GitHub.
According to the StackShare community, Visual Studio Code has a broader approval, being mentioned in 1133 company stacks & 2378 developers stacks; compared to Notepad++, which is listed in 187 company stacks and 499 developer stacks.
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.
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.
Since communication with Github is not necessary, the Atom is less convenient in working with text and code. Sublim's support and understanding of projects is best for us. Notepad for us is a completely outdated solution with an unacceptable interface. We use a good theme for Sublim ayu-dark
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 Notepad++
- Syntax for all languages that i use101
- Tabbed ui60
- Great code editor56
- Fast and lightweight53
- Plugins38
- Nice GUI28
- Regex & Special Character Search & Replace26
- Fast startup16
- Application is free, and plugins are too9
- Themes9
- Free6
- Very Lightweight4
- 100% Free3
- Column selection2
- Awesome autocomplete1
- Easy edit on FTP servers (NppFTP)1
- Cos it's seck1
- Nice gui. are you kidding me?1
- Open Sourced1
Pros of Visual Studio Code
- Powerful multilanguage IDE325
- Fast291
- Front-end develop out of the box183
- Support TypeScript IntelliSense151
- Very basic but free135
- Git integration115
- Intellisense99
- Faster than Atom72
- Better ui, easy plugins, and nice git integration46
- Great Refactoring Tools41
- Good Plugins38
- Terminal36
- Superb markdown support36
- Open Source33
- Extensions27
- Large & up-to-date extension community25
- Awesome UI25
- Powerful and fast22
- Portable20
- Best code editor16
- Best editor16
- Easy to get started with15
- Built on Electron14
- Crossplatform14
- Good for begginers14
- Open, cross-platform, fast, monthly updates14
- Lots of extensions13
- All Languages Support12
- Extensions for everything12
- Ui design is great11
- Easy to use and learn11
- Faster edit for slow computer11
- Totally customizable11
- Useful for begginer11
- Extensible11
- Git out of the box10
- "fast, stable & easy to use"10
- It has terminal and there are lots of shortcuts in it9
- Great language support9
- Great community9
- Works With Almost EveryThing You Need8
- SSH support8
- Powerful Debugger8
- Fast Startup8
- Can compile and run .py files7
- Python extension is fast7
- Features rich7
- Great document formater7
- Awesome multi cursor support6
- He is not Michael6
- She is not Rachel6
- VSCode.pro Course makes it easy to learn5
- Extension Echosystem5
- Easy azure5
- Language server client5
- SFTP Workspace5
- Very proffesional4
- Has better support and more extentions for debugging4
- Excellent as git difftool and mergetool3
- Emmet preinstalled3
- Supports lots of operating systems3
- Has more than enough languages for any developer3
- Virtualenv integration3
- 'batteries included'3
- More tools to integrate with vs2
- Light2
- VS Code Server: Browser version of VS Code2
- Fast and ruby is built right in2
- Better autocompletes than Atom2
- CMake support with autocomplete2
- Big extension marketplace1
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Cons of Notepad++
- No default plugin manager2
- Can't install more advanced packets1
Cons of Visual Studio Code
- Slow startup39
- Resource hog at times23
- Poor refactoring19
- Poor UI Designer13
- Weak Ui design tools11
- Poor autocomplete9
- Microsoft8
- Poor in PHP7
- Poor at Python5
- Super Slow4
- Poor intellisense. poor java4
- No built in live Preview3
- Microsoft sends telemetry data3
- No Built in Browser Preview3
- Dilshad3
- No color Intergrator3
- Poor in Python3
- Very basic for java development and buggy at times3
- Huge cpu usage with few installed extension3
- Bad Plugin Architecture2
- Terminal does not identify path vars sometimes1
- Electron1
