VS Code vs Sublime Text for a complete newbie - one is way better

I spent my first 3 months learning Python in Sublime Text because my friend said it was 'faster'. But I kept getting stuck on simple stuff like debugging and auto-complete. Then I switched to VS Code and it felt like cheating - everything just worked out of the box. The built-in terminal and extensions made it so much easier to spot my typos and run code. For a beginner, VS Code is clearly the better choice even if it uses more memory. Has anyone else found that the 'minimalist' editors are actually harder for learning?

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laura_chen413d ago

Yeah but what happens when your extensions stop working after an update? I had three formatters break at once and spent an hour messing with settings. Was there a tipping point where you felt like the setup time in VS Code stopped being worth it compared to just dealing with Sublime's quirks?

annajenkins2d ago

Kinda like that old thing where people choose a flip phone to be more productive but end up wasting time figuring out how to text. Sometimes having less stuff just means you spend more time making up for what's missing.

owens.anthony3d ago

Sublime's actually not that much faster in practice for Python. What eats your time is setting up the plugins and build systems. VS Code just hands you all that stuff preloaded.