You get an endlessly customizable setup with a single interface. Build, write, read docs, test, lint, debug, troubleshoot, admin. Same interface. All keyboard driven, so I don't have to switch between keys and mouse.
It's extremely portable, works exactly the same on my machine as it does on any OS with bash and vim, it's easy to use on a remote machine.
It's easily scriptable as well which makes customization simple. It's way faster for me to write a quick script to do something I need then dig through an endless list of marginally verified plugins to do something.
I guess my question is what can you do with an IDE that can't be done at the CLI?
I've tried code, pycharm, eclipse and really never found a value add.
And all of that applies to other tasks beyond coding. Notes, email, chat, it's right there, hey what's the price of that stock my buddy was talking about? Yep, right there. Hey look also my music.
It's extremely portable, works exactly the same on my machine as it does on any OS with bash and vim, it's easy to use on a remote machine.
It's easily scriptable as well which makes customization simple. It's way faster for me to write a quick script to do something I need then dig through an endless list of marginally verified plugins to do something.
I guess my question is what can you do with an IDE that can't be done at the CLI?
I've tried code, pycharm, eclipse and really never found a value add.
And all of that applies to other tasks beyond coding. Notes, email, chat, it's right there, hey what's the price of that stock my buddy was talking about? Yep, right there. Hey look also my music.