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Comment by wvenable | Hacker News Reader

I love VS Code but it's no replacement for Visual Studio when developing .NET apps.

Other than legacy technology like WYSIWYG form builders, Visual Studio Code has the same functionality but with a simpler, superior interface. Visual Studio is a legacy product, it’s that simple, although a lot of people don’t seem to want to accept it.

No it’s not. VS Code doesn’t allow you to view/manage threads, modules for example which are crucial for a bit more advanced debugging. I love VS Code and use it daily, but it’s no replacement for VS yet.

Designers is just one of a handful of things. The perf analysis tools for example don’t exist in vscode. You can compensate by using a separate profiler but that just drives home the point that VScode replaces only some parts of VS.

For me VS has more reliable IntelliSense.

Literally the only reason I'll jump into it for C# projects now and then... Spend most of my time in VS Code for what I work on more, but will still open VS now and then when a C# solution is just a bit too much. It's gotten a lot better though.

Visual Code has a simpler interface because it has a fraction of the functionality.

https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2001/03/23/strategy-letter-iv...

"80% of the people use 20% of the features... Unfortunately, it’s never the same 20%."

> legacy technology like WYSIWYG form builders

Kind of a weird statement to make -- who doesn't use WYSIWYG when working in XAML? Nothing legacy about that.

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