Visual Studio Code

Best Lightweight IDE with Powerful Features

Comments: I use it not only for web development but also for building APIs and programming, thanks to its flexibility and integrations. It’s a powerful tool that keeps evolving, making development easier and more efficient.

Pros:

VS Code is one of the best lightweight IDEs out there. It runs smoothly on most systems and offers a huge collection of extensions. It is used by many types of developers —whether it's web, AI, or App. It also gets regular updates and has strong community and support.

Cons:

The extension marketplace is great, but installing too many extensions can slow down performance of vsCode. It’s better to be mindful of what you install to keep things running smoothly.

VS Code Makes Plaintext Pleasant

Comments: Visual Studio Code is our preferred text editor due to the support it has for virtually all plaintext documents and language tools.

Pros:

The open-source extensions and community support.

Cons:

It takes a bit of customization for less supported languages to run, but works very well after.

Best Text Editor for Developer

Pros:

easy to use, user-friendly UI, and integrated with many plugins.

Cons:

not stable with plugin version, big size plugin size

Well-designed for developers

Comments: I really enjoy using VS Code for coding. The start was not as straightforward as other coding environment, but over time, I realized how powerful it is and it is truly a coding environment designed for developers.

Pros:

A light-weight, all-in-one integrated development environment that makes my coding life efficient

Cons:

There are a lot of features that can be confusing. Once you are familiar with them, you will realize how powerful VSCode is

Simple yet effective for writing code

Comments: Overall I will continue to use this product because it has proven to be a value to my ability to write code for simple web pages.

Pros:

It has a good terminal for debugging and gives you error codes when your code does not work. it also catches structural issue to your code if you miss something.

Cons:

Sometimes it does not catch things so you cannot fully rely on this feature.