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Geany vs Visual Studio Code: What are the differences?

Key Differences between Geany and Visual Studio Code

Geany and Visual Studio Code are both popular code editors that are used by developers. While they have some similarities, they also have several key differences that set them apart from each other.

  1. User Interface: Geany has a simple and lightweight user interface, making it easy to navigate and use. On the other hand, Visual Studio Code offers a more feature-rich and customizable interface with various themes and extensions available, allowing for a more personalized coding experience.

  2. Supported Languages: Geany supports a wide range of programming languages, including C, C++, Python, and Java, but it may have limited support for some newer or niche languages. On the contrary, Visual Studio Code has extensive language support with built-in IntelliSense and syntax highlighting for a vast number of languages, making it suitable for a broader range of projects.

  3. Extensions and Plugins: Geany has a limited number of extensions and plugins available compared to Visual Studio Code. While Geany does support some useful plugins, Visual Studio Code offers a vast ecosystem of extensions, allowing developers to enhance their coding environment by adding features like Git integration, debugging tools, and language-specific extensions.

  4. Integrated Terminal: Visual Studio Code includes a built-in terminal, which allows developers to execute shell commands without leaving the editor. Geany, on the other hand, lacks this feature, and developers have to rely on external terminal applications for command-line operations.

  5. Code Navigation and Refactoring: Visual Studio Code provides advanced code navigation features, including Go to Definition, Find All References, and code refactoring capabilities like renaming variables and extracting code blocks into functions. Geany has more limited code navigation and refactoring tools, making it less suitable for complex projects with extensive codebases.

  6. Debugging Capabilities: Visual Studio Code offers powerful debugging capabilities with support for multiple programming languages and integrated debugging tools. Geany has limited support for debugging, and developers may need to use external tools or plugins for debugging purposes.

In Summary, while Geany is a lightweight and easy-to-use code editor with support for multiple programming languages, Visual Studio Code provides a more feature-rich and customizable environment with extensive language support, a wide range of extensions, advanced code navigation and debugging capabilities.

Decisions about Geany and Visual Studio Code
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 Geany
Pros of Visual Studio Code
  • 6
    Lightweight
  • 5
    Plug-ins
  • 5
    Open-source
  • 3
    Extensive file-type support
  • 2
    Easily changeable
  • 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 Geany
Cons of Visual Studio Code
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    Less pupular than VS
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    Slow startup
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    Resource hog at times
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    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
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    No built in live Preview
  • 3
    Electron
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    Bad Plugin Architecture
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    Powered by Electron
  • 1
    Terminal does not identify path vars sometimes
  • 1
    Slow C++ Language Server

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