And it’s got a million and one extensions for just about everything I need (or have not yet realised that I need them). It’s “batteries included” which means that it’s got most of the things I need right out of the box. Over the past years, I’ve found myself slowly transitioning VS Code into the centre of my productivity toolbox. When I first encountered Visual Studio Code (in short: VS Code), I was initially quite sceptical about yet another fully-customisable editor built in yet another language that had seen a massive spike in popularity over recent years.īut I was also quickly and gladly proven wrong by its value proposition.

When it comes to productivity, convenience really is king for me! Over the past decades I’ve used numerous IDEs, tending to stick with what Worx for Me!™, until either my requirements could no longer be met or something better came along that evolved my workflow altogether. Happy? Got what you were looking for in the time you were willing to invest? Fantastic! Now, join the rest of us for how we got there in the first place (and admire some beautiful screenshots along the way)…

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