I used to think GitHub Codespaces would help popularise Gitpod but now realize it is the other way around. Gitpod is currently permitted to exist in the Visual Studio Code ecosystem to popularise GitHub Codespaces, and Microsoft can step in at any moment to create legal crises that strategically divide the market from a business perspective because, like Apple and their AppStore: it is their ecosystem that they control and they are in absolute control.
  • davel [he/him]English
    13•9 months ago

    I refuse to use VSCode/ium anymore; I usually pay for & use JetBrains; I keep trying—and failing—to use Emacs.

    • @[email protected]English
      5•9 months ago

      well, Jetbrains are pretty high quality products though, I don’t mind paying their price if I have to pay for IDE for my personal work. I think even the corp level license pricing is not too bad compare to VS.

      • @[email protected]
        1•9 months ago

        My company has a jetbrains license and I honestly run into so many problems with it. Still haven’t found an all-around IDE that I want to stick to.

        • @[email protected]
          3•9 months ago

          Maybe give Lapce a shot, it’s still in it’s infancy, but it’s pretty slick and very responsive.

        • @[email protected]English
          3•9 months ago

          Maybe I am not advance users so I don’t usually run into issues that much. Things I use (for C++):

          • find usage
          • rename functions(refractor?) so I don’t have to hunt them down
          • debug stepping/watch
          • P4 integration
          • the auto prompt/complete
          • they have good Unreal Engine integration so I can also know if a function is called/used in a blueprint.
          • @[email protected]
            2•9 months ago

            Nah, probably just due to different languages I’d guess. I’ve mostly had issues with it creating Python virtual envs, I always have to manually create one because it just breaks. There’s a bug on the jetbrains tracker that’s been open for this for more than a year. The run config doesn’t respect environment variables, despite having a box for it. And I have constant problems with their remote development feature, though I know that’s in beta. Just really disappointing honestly. I hate when my IDE gets in the way of development.

            • @[email protected]English
              2•9 months ago

              make sense, python really does not have a good ide for it and I don’t understand why, cause it’s so widely used. I wrote some python tools for Unreal Engine and I still use the old execute, check exception output method. (since UE’s python binding is kinda tacked on afterward so their modules and exposed functions are tied directly to their C++ counter part. compare to other more mature DCC tool(like Maya, Houdini) you can pretty much run things in python mode without opening the editor.

    • @[email protected]English
      2•9 months ago

      For me, the sweet spot is IntelliJ with the vim plugin. If you want to give emacs another try, I recommend Spacemacs. I use Spacemacs sometimes, but not for code.

    • @NixDev
      1•9 months ago

      I am in the process of switching to JetBrains. Still need to use vscode for work but at home it is all JB. I think once fleet becomes more mature it will be a serious competitor for vscode. Wish these products were OSS but at least they aren’t M$ products

    • @[email protected]
      1•9 months ago

      I keep trying-and failing-to use Emacs.

      I can so relate to that. I’ve been trying to switch to and start using Emacs for so long, and I never could fully switch to it. I mean, it could replace my IDE, my text editor, give me a great way of taking notes (org-mode), it has a built-in terminal, music player and more! It really is incredible but I could never really get used to it.

    • adr1an
      1•9 months ago

      I’ve been using spacemacs, doom emacs, and bedrock emacs distributions. The latter is mostly geared towards really learning your way. It’s a huge investment, indeed. But it pays out in the long run. Same thing can be said about elisp probably, but I never dared to quench such thirst… (yet?)