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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 Notepad for us is a completely outdated solution with an unacceptable interface.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
Pros of Notepad++
- Syntax for all languages that i use100
- Tabbed ui59
- Great code editor55
- Fast and lightweight51
- Plugins37
- Nice GUI27
- Regex & Special Character Search & Replace26
- Fast startup14
- Themes9
- Application is free, and plugins are too9
- Free5
- 100% Free3
- Very Lightweight3
- Column selection2
- Cos it's seck1
- Nice gui. are you kidding me?1
- Awesome autocomplete1
- Easy edit on FTP servers (NppFTP)1
Pros of Visual Studio Code
- Powerful multilanguage IDE301
- Fast264
- Front-end develop out of the box168
- Support TypeScript IntelliSense145
- Very basic but free121
- Git integration99
- Intellisense85
- Faster than Atom69
- Better ui, easy plugins, and nice git integration40
- Great Refactoring Tools36
- Superb markdown support34
- Good Plugins32
- Terminal26
- Large & up-to-date extension community21
- Open Source18
- Extensions17
- Portable16
- Powerful and fast15
- Awesome UI15
- Built on Electron13
- Best code editor12
- Open, cross-platform, fast, monthly updates11
- Crossplatform10
- Easy to get started with10
- Extensible9
- Best editor9
- Lots of extensions9
- All Languages Support9
- Extensions for everything8
- Good for begginers8
- Easy to use and learn8
- Ui design is great8
- Totally customizable7
- Great community7
- "fast, stable & easy to use"7
- Faster edit for slow computer7
- Git out of the box7
- Useful for begginer7
- It has terminal and there are lots of shortcuts in it7
- Great language support6
- SSH support6
- Great document formater5
- Powerful Debugger5
- Works With Almost EveryThing You Need5
- She is not Rachel5
- Fast Startup5
- Awesome multi cursor support4
- Easy azure4
- Features rich4
- Python extension is fast4
- Extension Echosystem4
- Language server client4
- SFTP Workspace4
- Can compile and run .py files4
- VSCode.pro Course makes it easy to learn4
- Has more than enough languages for any developer3
- Has better support and more extentions for debugging3
- 'batteries included'3
- Excellent as git difftool and mergetool3
- VS Code Server: Browser version of VS Code2
- Better autocompletes than Atom2
- CMake support with autocomplete2
- Emmet preinstalled2
- Virtualenv integration2
- More tools to integrate with vs2
- Fast and ruby is built right in2
- Very proffesional1
- Light1
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Cons of Notepad++
- Can't open large files3
- Can't install more advanced packets1
- No default plugin manager0
Cons of Visual Studio Code
- Slow startup27
- Resource hog at times17
- Poor refactoring14
- Poor UI Designer9
- Weak Ui design tools8
- Poor autocomplete5
- Poor in PHP4
- Microsoft2
- Poor at Python2
- Poor in Python1
- Dilshad1
- Super Slow1