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0 pointsoorza5y ago0 comments

I'm the local TS evangelist. Exactly no one I've seen who's tried WebStorm has switched back to VSCode. They consume all of the same LSP APIs that VSCode does from the LS, but they have all their IDE goodies as well.

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veidr5y ago

Nice to meet you! I am the first person you've met who has tried WebStorm but then switched back to VSCode!

I bought it and gave it a whirl, but I went back.

Mainly because VS Code is much faster, and has a more normal UI (native open/save dialogs, way way better file browser, etc).

Also because the development velocity seems much faster. Every single VS Code major update has goodies in it that I personally want (plus blah blah whatever that I don't) and they come out once a month almost!

But I am curious (especially since I do still have the WebStorm license) what are some of the "IDE goodies" that give WebStorm the advantage in your view?

jopsen5y ago

Hmm, what I liked about sublime was that it was fast and let me do text really fast too.. other than that it got out of the way.

Everything I need is on Ctrl+p or Ctrl+shift+p.

vscode is like sublime to me, just seems the language completion got useful.

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