Need advice about which tool to choose?Ask the StackShare community!
CodeLite vs Visual Studio Code: What are the differences?
Introduction
CodeLite and Visual Studio Code are both popular Integrated Development Environments (IDEs) used by developers for coding and programming. While they serve the same purpose, there are key differences between the two.
Installation and Supported Platforms: CodeLite can be installed on Windows, macOS, and Linux operating systems, while Visual Studio Code is supported on all major platforms including Windows, macOS, and Linux.
Language Support: CodeLite primarily focuses on C, C++, and PHP languages, whereas Visual Studio Code provides support for a wide range of programming languages including JavaScript, Python, HTML/CSS, and more.
Customization: Visual Studio Code offers extensive customization options with its rich marketplace that allows users to install various extensions, themes, and plugins to enhance their coding experience. CodeLite, on the other hand, has limited customization options compared to Visual Studio Code.
Debugger: Visual Studio Code boasts a powerful and versatile debugger that supports multiple languages and provides extensive debugging features such as breakpoints, variable inspection, and step debugging. CodeLite also offers a debugger but it may not be as feature-rich and versatile as Visual Studio Code's debugger.
Git Integration: Visual Studio Code has inbuilt support for Git version control system, allowing seamless integration with Git repositories and providing features like version control, branch management, and merging directly within the IDE. CodeLite, on the other hand, requires additional setup and configuration to integrate with Git.
Community and Ecosystem: Visual Studio Code has a large and active community of developers, resulting in a vast ecosystem of extensions, plugins, and community-driven support. CodeLite, while having its own community, may have a smaller ecosystem and might not have as extensive support resources as Visual Studio Code.
In summary, CodeLite is a lightweight IDE with a focus on specific programming languages like C, C++, and PHP, whereas Visual Studio Code is a versatile and customizable IDE that supports a wide range of languages, offers extensive customization options, and has a larger community and ecosystem.
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.
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!
Pros of CodeLite
- Free and Open Source4
Pros of Visual Studio Code
- Powerful multilanguage IDE340
- Fast308
- Front-end develop out of the box193
- Support TypeScript IntelliSense158
- Very basic but free142
- Git integration126
- Intellisense106
- Faster than Atom78
- Better ui, easy plugins, and nice git integration53
- Great Refactoring Tools45
- Good Plugins44
- Terminal42
- Superb markdown support38
- Open Source36
- Extensions34
- Large & up-to-date extension community26
- Awesome UI26
- Powerful and fast24
- Portable22
- Best editor18
- Best code editor18
- Easy to get started with17
- Lots of extensions15
- Built on Electron15
- Crossplatform15
- Good for begginers15
- Extensions for everything14
- Open, cross-platform, fast, monthly updates14
- All Languages Support14
- Easy to use and learn13
- Extensible12
- "fast, stable & easy to use"12
- Totally customizable11
- Git out of the box11
- Faster edit for slow computer11
- Ui design is great11
- Useful for begginer11
- Great community10
- SSH support10
- Fast Startup10
- It has terminal and there are lots of shortcuts in it9
- Powerful Debugger9
- Great language support9
- Works With Almost EveryThing You Need9
- Python extension is fast8
- Can compile and run .py files8
- Great document formater7
- Features rich7
- He is not Michael6
- Awesome multi cursor support6
- Extension Echosystem6
- She is not Rachel6
- Language server client5
- Easy azure5
- SFTP Workspace5
- VSCode.pro Course makes it easy to learn5
- Very proffesional5
- Supports lots of operating systems4
- Has better support and more extentions for debugging4
- Excellent as git difftool and mergetool4
- Virtualenv integration4
- Has more than enough languages for any developer3
- Better autocompletes than Atom3
- Emmet preinstalled3
- 'batteries included'3
- More tools to integrate with vs3
- VS Code Server: Browser version of VS Code2
- Big extension marketplace2
- Customizable2
- Microsoft2
- Light2
- Fast and ruby is built right in2
- CMake support with autocomplete2
Sign up to add or upvote prosMake informed product decisions
Cons of CodeLite
Cons of Visual Studio Code
- Slow startup46
- Resource hog at times29
- Poor refactoring20
- Poor UI Designer13
- Weak Ui design tools11
- Poor autocomplete10
- Super Slow8
- Huge cpu usage with few installed extension8
- Microsoft sends telemetry data8
- Poor in PHP7
- It's MicroSoft6
- Poor in Python3
- No Built in Browser Preview3
- No color Intergrator3
- Very basic for java development and buggy at times3
- No built in live Preview3
- Electron3
- Bad Plugin Architecture2
- Powered by Electron2
- Terminal does not identify path vars sometimes1
- Slow C++ Language Server1
