Pros and Cons of Visual Studio Code vs. Sublime Text 3

Below are personal observations with the VS Code editor as compared to the Sublime Text editor.

VS

Code

:
A lightweight IDE

Sublime

Text

:
A customizable code editor

VS
Code: Pro and Cons

Pro:
TypeScript insights are excellent (ST3 insights don’t work well at
all).
Pro: Referential integrity.
Con:
Bracket-matching cursor sucks, no matter which option I choose. The
small thick underscore gave me the least headache, but eventually
had to turn them off completely.
Con:
Pg-Up and Pg-Down scroll the cursor, not the page (inconsistent with
most other apps).
Con:
Insert (overwrite) doesn’t work.
Con: Can never remember the recent files I actually need; even when just closed.
Con:
File menu isn’t native (no keyboard left/right menu switching).

Use
VS Code for my

React

+ TypeScript

projects;
for its TypeScript insights. Use ST3 for everything else due to its
lightweightedness and more consistent keyboard input.

Reference: Personal notes [ shared as Gist ]

2018-02-12
– Monday @7:40 PM

Was staring/analyzing my memory consumption, and it hit me…

Why am I using VS Code to write a Chrome extension…?

Dropped it and went back to Sublime Text 3.

MSI:
Windows 10 x64 i7; 16 GB RAM

VS
Code: Running idle at 265 MB (1 file open; 730 loc; was running up
to between 580 MB and 600+).
ST3:
Running at 135 MB (10 files open).
MWB
hovers around 140 MB.

—
Keith D Commiskey
https://keithdc.com