BrowserSync vs Visual Studio Code

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BrowserSync vs Visual Studio Code: What are the differences?


  1. 1. Key difference - Purpose: BrowserSync is a tool that helps in synchronizing the actions and interactions across multiple browsers simultaneously, facilitating live reload and cross-device testing. On the other hand, Visual Studio Code is a text editor with a variety of features suited for coding, including support for multiple programming languages, debugging, and integrated version control.

  2. 2. Key difference - Functionality: BrowserSync primarily focuses on the synchronization of browsers, allowing developers to see changes made in one browser reflected in all other browsers open to the same page. It also provides options for URL rewriting, scroll synchronization, form input synchronization, and more. Visual Studio Code, on the other hand, provides a wide range of features including code highlighting, IntelliSense, debugging, and extensions support, making it a comprehensive coding environment.

  3. 3. Key difference - Platform: BrowserSync is a standalone tool that can be used with any development environment or text editor. It runs as a separate service, usually with the help of a task runner or bundler. Visual Studio Code, however, is a specific text editor developed by Microsoft that can be used across different operating systems including Windows, macOS, and Linux.

  4. 4. Key difference - Customization: BrowserSync offers a flexible configuration that allows developers to customize its behavior according to their specific needs. It provides options for setting up custom server, file watching, port configuration, and more. In contrast, Visual Studio Code offers a rich set of customization options including themes, keybindings, extensions, and workspace settings to tailor the editor's appearance and functionality.

  5. 5. Key difference - Collaboration: BrowserSync includes features that enable collaboration among multiple developers working on the same project. It allows for sharing URL and interactions across different devices, making it easier to test and develop across teams. Visual Studio Code, on the other hand, provides features like Live Share which allows for real-time collaboration, code sharing, and debugging within the editor itself.

  6. 6. Key difference - Learning Curve: BrowserSync can be relatively easy to set up and use, requiring minimal configuration to get started. It is primarily focused on one specific functionality of browser synchronization. Visual Studio Code, on the other hand, has a steeper learning curve due to its wide range of features and capabilities. It may take some time for new users to explore and fully utilize the editor's potential.

In Summary, BrowserSync is a tool for synchronizing browsers, facilitating live reload and cross-device testing, while Visual Studio Code is a powerful text editor with features like code highlighting, debugging, and extensions support, suitable for coding in multiple languages.

Decisions about BrowserSync and Visual Studio Code
Samriddhi Sinha
Machine Learning Engineer at Chefling · | 6 upvotes · 1M views

Lightweight and versatile. Huge library of extensions that enable you to integrate a host of services to your development environment. VS Code's biggest strength is its library of extensions which enables it to directly compete with every single major IDE for almost all major programming languages.

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Kamaleshwar BN
Senior Software Engineer at Pulley · | 12 upvotes · 1.3M views

Visual Studio Code became famous over the past 3+ years I believe. The clean UI, easy to use UX and the plethora of integrations made it a very easy decision for us. Our gripe with Sublime was probably only the UX side. VSCode has not failed us till now, and still is able to support our development env without any significant effort.

Goland being paid, as well as built only for Go seemed like a significant limitation to not consider it.

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Simon Ibssa
Student at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo · | 2 upvotes · 1.2M views

I decided to choose VSCode over Sublime text for my Systems Programming class in C. What I love about VSCode is its awesome ability to add extensions. Intellisense is a beautiful debugger, and Remote SSH allows me to login and make real-time changes in VSCode to files on my university server. This is an awesome alternative to going back and forth on pushing/pulling code and logging into servers in the terminal. Great choice for anyone interested in C programming!

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Pros of BrowserSync
Pros of Visual Studio Code
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    • 340
      Powerful multilanguage IDE
    • 308
      Fast
    • 193
      Front-end develop out of the box
    • 158
      Support TypeScript IntelliSense
    • 142
      Very basic but free
    • 126
      Git integration
    • 106
      Intellisense
    • 78
      Faster than Atom
    • 53
      Better ui, easy plugins, and nice git integration
    • 45
      Great Refactoring Tools
    • 44
      Good Plugins
    • 42
      Terminal
    • 38
      Superb markdown support
    • 36
      Open Source
    • 35
      Extensions
    • 26
      Awesome UI
    • 26
      Large & up-to-date extension community
    • 24
      Powerful and fast
    • 22
      Portable
    • 18
      Best code editor
    • 18
      Best editor
    • 17
      Easy to get started with
    • 15
      Lots of extensions
    • 15
      Good for begginers
    • 15
      Crossplatform
    • 15
      Built on Electron
    • 14
      Extensions for everything
    • 14
      Open, cross-platform, fast, monthly updates
    • 14
      All Languages Support
    • 13
      Easy to use and learn
    • 12
      "fast, stable & easy to use"
    • 12
      Extensible
    • 11
      Ui design is great
    • 11
      Totally customizable
    • 11
      Git out of the box
    • 11
      Useful for begginer
    • 11
      Faster edit for slow computer
    • 10
      SSH support
    • 10
      Great community
    • 10
      Fast Startup
    • 9
      Works With Almost EveryThing You Need
    • 9
      Great language support
    • 9
      Powerful Debugger
    • 9
      It has terminal and there are lots of shortcuts in it
    • 8
      Can compile and run .py files
    • 8
      Python extension is fast
    • 7
      Features rich
    • 7
      Great document formater
    • 6
      He is not Michael
    • 6
      Extension Echosystem
    • 6
      She is not Rachel
    • 6
      Awesome multi cursor support
    • 5
      VSCode.pro Course makes it easy to learn
    • 5
      Language server client
    • 5
      SFTP Workspace
    • 5
      Very proffesional
    • 5
      Easy azure
    • 4
      Has better support and more extentions for debugging
    • 4
      Supports lots of operating systems
    • 4
      Excellent as git difftool and mergetool
    • 4
      Virtualenv integration
    • 3
      Better autocompletes than Atom
    • 3
      Has more than enough languages for any developer
    • 3
      'batteries included'
    • 3
      More tools to integrate with vs
    • 3
      Emmet preinstalled
    • 2
      VS Code Server: Browser version of VS Code
    • 2
      CMake support with autocomplete
    • 2
      Microsoft
    • 2
      Customizable
    • 2
      Light
    • 2
      Big extension marketplace
    • 2
      Fast and ruby is built right in
    • 1
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    Cons of BrowserSync
    Cons of Visual Studio Code
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      • 46
        Slow startup
      • 29
        Resource hog at times
      • 20
        Poor refactoring
      • 13
        Poor UI Designer
      • 11
        Weak Ui design tools
      • 10
        Poor autocomplete
      • 8
        Super Slow
      • 8
        Huge cpu usage with few installed extension
      • 8
        Microsoft sends telemetry data
      • 7
        Poor in PHP
      • 6
        It's MicroSoft
      • 3
        Poor in Python
      • 3
        No Built in Browser Preview
      • 3
        No color Intergrator
      • 3
        Very basic for java development and buggy at times
      • 3
        No built in live Preview
      • 3
        Electron
      • 2
        Bad Plugin Architecture
      • 2
        Powered by Electron
      • 1
        Terminal does not identify path vars sometimes
      • 1
        Slow C++ Language Server

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      What is BrowserSync?

      BrowserSync makes your tweaking and testing faster by synchronising file changes and interactions across multiple devices. It’s wicked-fast and totally free.

      What is Visual Studio Code?

      Build and debug modern web and cloud applications. Code is free and available on your favorite platform - Linux, Mac OSX, and Windows.

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      What are some alternatives to BrowserSync and Visual Studio Code?
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      Browserify
      Browserify lets you require('modules') in the browser by bundling up all of your dependencies.
      LiveReload
      LiveReload monitors changes in the file system. As soon as you save a file, it is preprocessed as needed, and the browser is refreshed.
      Ghostlab
      It is a Mac based app that allows you to test out your responsive design across a variety of devices and browsers
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      Git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency.
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