C#•2y ago

help me

so me and my friend wanna start wit C# probably gonna use it for unity. We were wondering what the difference is between vs and vs code.

Mkp•2/23/24, 1:59 PM

msvs is a bulky gui, vscode is a more lightweight lego set.

Ezlanding•2/23/24, 2:03 PM

VS is a bulky IDE, built for c# development, while vscode is a text editor, meaning it’s faster and has support for many languages and other features via plugins (but out of the box its not specifically built with the tools for c# dev). I would probably reccomend VS for unity development, but it depends based on what you like/need and what you’re running everything on. Read this (or any similar article) for more info https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/visual-studio-vs-visual-studio-code/, or if your not sure you can set up both and see which you like better

Thinker•2/23/24, 2:45 PM

Yeah, Visual Studio is also much more beginner-friendly than VSCode, especially with Unity. As long as you have the Unity workload, everything should work fine.

Mkp•2/23/24, 2:58 PM

vscode is beginner friendly its just installing 2 extensions, which is a 5 second project, creating projects happens from the command line rather than a new dialogue.

Thinker•2/23/24, 3:02 PM

Yeah but not all beginners will be comfortable with the command line

MMkp vscode is beginner friendly its just installing 2 extensions, which is a 5 secon...

leowest•2/23/24, 3:07 PM

its not really, if you dont know anything about programming its going to be a nightmare to set things up, then u need to do configuration based on what you're working on and most of it are either files or cli commands

leowest•2/23/24, 3:07 PM

on top of that u lose the ability of having a nice designer for certain type of apps

leowest•2/23/24, 3:07 PM

and a bunch of other things that comes without the need of a specific workload

Thinker•2/23/24, 3:11 PM

Although with Unity, none of those are really a necessity

Mkp•2/23/24, 3:15 PM

Ive never really needed to modify a csproj much. I think you're overthinking the complexity of a csproj from mainstream repos who do cursed things. Getting comfortable with the command line is an essential skill as a programmer to be.

MMkp Ive never really needed to modify a csproj much. I think you're overthinking the...

leowest•2/23/24, 3:19 PM

and I think your overestimating a beginner trying to learn both vs code and the language he will use with it vs him using it with a proper IDE where they already commit so many mistakes for the language itself

Lleowest and I think your overestimating a beginner trying to learn both vs code and the ...

Mkp•2/23/24, 3:21 PM

https://tenor.com/bVG8n.gif

Mkp•2/23/24, 3:21 PM

In all honesty you're underestimating what a beginner can achieve

leowest•2/23/24, 3:23 PM

I am sure they can achieve using vs code, but at the same time I don't see the need for them to go thru all from ground 0 over learning the language in a friendly environment, and then deciding which ide/editor/extension/tooling they want to use

Mkp•2/23/24, 3:23 PM

Wow I wonder how beginner web developers survive not knowing cmd line

leowest•2/23/24, 3:25 PM

u realize that this comment makes 0 sense right? u still have vs studio cli and u can still use the command line nothing stops then to use it when needed if needed

leowest•2/23/24, 3:26 PM

the difference from vs code is mainly the amount of cli stuff u have to learn vs what vs community, rider, etc + leverage for u

Mkp•2/23/24, 3:27 PM

It makes perfect sense. Command line isn't a huge barrier to entry at all. Okay what else does msvs leverage for you aside from the project creation and csproj management?

leowest•2/23/24, 3:28 PM

publishing

leowest•2/23/24, 3:28 PM

running

leowest•2/23/24, 3:28 PM

debuging

leowest•2/23/24, 3:28 PM

profiling

Mkp•2/23/24, 3:28 PM

Running and debugging works, true theres no profiler, and publishing isn't a beginner thing.

leowest•2/23/24, 3:28 PM

debuging is friendly

leowest•2/23/24, 3:28 PM

at least in an IDE

leowest•2/23/24, 3:28 PM

not sure how it runs on vs code

Mkp•2/23/24, 3:28 PM

vscodes debugger is

Mkp•2/23/24, 3:29 PM

I think the food chain goes msvs < vscode < rider

leowest•2/23/24, 3:29 PM

well I guess we could sit here and discuss over this all day u will provide your points and I will provide mine and it wont change the fact u like to suggest vs code for beginners and I don't