Why Visual Studio Code Is My Favorite IDE
How-To Geek, Wednesday, October 1st, 2025
Visual Studio Code has been my favorite programming text editor and integrated development environment (IDE) for years. Even as I've switched between working on front-end web development, CLI tools, and back-end server code, VS Code hasn't given me a reason to look for any other editors.
I started learning web development with Adobe GoLive (RIP) and Dreamweaver, and eventually moved to Sublime Text for all software development. I later used GitHub's Atom Editor for a while-as a fun fact, the Electron desktop framework that is now used for countless desktop applications was originally built for Atom. Finally, sometime around 2018, I moved to Visual Studio Code as Atom went into maintenance mode, and I've stayed there ever since.