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RuboCop vs Visual Studio Code: What are the differences?

Cost: RuboCop is an open-source tool that is free to use while Visual Studio Code is a proprietary software that may require purchasing a license for certain features.
Integration: RuboCop seamlessly integrates with Ruby projects by directly analyzing the code, whereas Visual Studio Code provides a wide range of integrations with different languages and tools, making it versatile for various development environments.
Autofixing: RuboCop can automatically fix certain style violations in Ruby code, providing a hands-free approach to code formatting, whereas Visual Studio Code relies on extensions or plugins to achieve similar autofixing capabilities, which may not be as comprehensive across different languages.
Customization: RuboCop offers a wide range of customization options through configuration files to tailor the linting rules and behavior according to the project's specific requirements, which can be more granular compared to the customization options available in Visual Studio Code.
Community Support: RuboCop has a dedicated community that actively contributes to its development and provides support through various forums and resources, while Visual Studio Code has a larger community that extends beyond linting tools, offering a broader spectrum of support for different development needs.
Learning Curve: RuboCop might have a steeper learning curve for beginners due to its focus on Ruby-specific linting rules and configurations, whereas Visual Studio Code, being a general-purpose code editor, may have a gentler learning curve for users unfamiliar with Ruby-specific linting practices.

In Summary, RuboCop and Visual Studio Code differ in terms of cost, integration, autofixing abilities, customization options, community support, and learning curve.

Decisions about RuboCop and Visual Studio Code

Weverton Timoteo

CTO at SourceLevel · Aug 10, 2020 | 13 upvotes · 113.4K views

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To communicate isn’t just getting rid of syntax errors and making code work. The code should communicate ideas to people through a programming language that computers can also understand.

You should adopt semantic variables, classes, modules, and methods names. For instance, in Ruby, we avoid using particular prefixes such as is_paid, get_name and set_name. In their places, we use directly paid?, name, and name=.

My advice is to use idiomatic and features that the programming language you use offers to you whenever possible, and figure out ways to better pass the message.

Why wouldn’t we be worried about semantics, typos, and styles? We should care for the quality of our code, and the many concepts that define it. You can start by using a linter to collect some issues from your codebase automatically.

Kamaleshwar BN

Senior Software Engineer at Pulley · Jul 8, 2020 | 12 upvotes · 1.3M views

Chose

over

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.

Simon Ibssa

Student at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo · Jan 9, 2020 | 2 upvotes · 1.2M views

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Visual Studio Code

over

Sublime Text

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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 RuboCop

Pros of Visual Studio Code

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Open-source
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Completely free
7
Runs Offline
4
Follows the Ruby Style Guide by default
4
Can automatically fix some problems
4
Customizable
2
Atom package
2
Integrates with Vim/Emacs/Atom/Sublime/
1
Integrates With Custom CMS

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
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Faster than Atom
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Better ui, easy plugins, and nice git integration
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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
35
Extensions
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Awesome UI
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Large & up-to-date extension community
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Powerful and fast
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Portable
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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
13
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
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
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Can compile and run .py files
8
Python extension is fast
7
Features rich
7
Great document formater
6
He is not Michael
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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
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Has better support and more extentions for debugging
4
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
2
Light
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Big extension marketplace
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Fast and ruby is built right in
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Cons of RuboCop

Cons of Visual Studio Code

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Slow startup
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Resource hog at times
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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
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Microsoft sends telemetry data
7
Poor in PHP
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It's MicroSoft
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Poor in Python
3
No Built in Browser Preview
3
No color Intergrator
3
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 RuboCop?

RuboCop is a Ruby static code analyzer. Out of the box it will enforce many of the guidelines outlined in the community Ruby Style Guide.

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 RuboCop and Visual Studio Code?

Reek

Reek is a tool that examines Ruby classes, modules, and methods and reports any Code Smells it finds.

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Free static analysis security tool for Ruby on Rails. Zero-setup security scans for Rails applications based on source code analysis.

SonarQube

SonarQube provides an overview of the overall health of your source code and even more importantly, it highlights issues found on new code. With a Quality Gate set on your project, you will simply fix the Leak and start mechanically improving.

RSpec

Behaviour Driven Development for Ruby. Making TDD Productive and Fun.

Git

Git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency.

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