It’s the little things in life which often give you the most happiness. It’s often claimed you don’t have to spend money to attain happiness and I’ve come across something which will cause me many hours of happiness. And I’ve not spent a single penny. I have been spending much of my spare time in recent years coding and I have found a toy which will make my time battling with functions, components, frameworks and modules a lot easier and more enjoyable.
I’ve been a sublime text fan for a good year. It seemed to tick all the boxes for what I needed from a text editor. But I recently completed an Angular 2 tutorial and the teacher highly recommended using Visual Studio Code. It’s been a fantastic switch for me. Visually stunning and a set of tools which really makes coding a pleasure. The guys at Microsoft have done a great job. It’s free, lightweight and so easy to install.
There are so many features which I find so useful. The side-by-side editing, user friendly Command Palette, help with creating your functions, debugging tools, close integration with Git, the scope of third-party extensions and the support for ECMAScript 6 is fantastic. The prompts caused by IntelliSense will bring a huge smile to your face. It’s been a great help to me as I increase my mastery of Angular 2.
I have no reason at all to switch back to Sublime Text. I would highly recommend you giving it a go. Now, I’m off to experiment with the color themes…….