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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.

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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