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λiquid
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Vim
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+ 1
2.4K
Visual Studio Code
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+ 1
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Vim vs Visual Studio Code vs λiquid: What are the differences?

  1. Programming Language Support: One key difference between Vim and Visual Studio Code is that Visual Studio Code has built-in support for a wide range of programming languages and frameworks, making it easier for developers to work on diverse projects without needing to install additional plugins or extensions.

  2. User Interface: Visual Studio Code comes with a modern, user-friendly interface that includes features like IntelliSense, debugging, and Git integration, which are not as readily available or as easy to configure in Vim. This makes Visual Studio Code a more convenient and beginner-friendly choice for many developers.

  3. Community Support and Plugins: Visual Studio Code has a vast library of extensions and plugins created by the community, offering additional functionalities and customizations that enhance the development experience. Vim, on the other hand, relies more on manual configuration and scripting for similar functionalities, which can be daunting for less experienced users.

  4. Customization and Configuration: Vim is known for its extensive customization options and flexibility, allowing users to tailor the editor to their specific needs with the help of plugins, scripts, and personalized key mappings. Visual Studio Code, while customizable, may not offer the same level of granular control over every aspect of the editor's behavior.

  5. Learning Curve and Efficiency: Vim is a modal editor that requires users to learn specific keybindings and commands to navigate and edit text efficiently. While this learning curve can be steep initially, many Vim users find that its modal approach leads to faster and more productive editing once mastered. Visual Studio Code, on the other hand, offers a more traditional editing experience that may be easier to pick up for beginners but may not provide the same level of efficiency for power users who are proficient in Vim's shortcuts.

In Summary, the key differences between Vim and Visual Studio Code lie in their programming language support, user interfaces, community support and plugins, customization and configuration options, and the learning curve and efficiency of editing.

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Pros of λiquid
Pros of Vim
Pros of Visual Studio Code
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    • 347
      Comes by default in most unix systems (remote editing)
    • 328
      Fast
    • 312
      Highly configurable
    • 297
      Less mouse dependence
    • 247
      Lightweight
    • 145
      Speed
    • 100
      Plugins
    • 97
      Hardcore
    • 82
      It's for pros
    • 65
      Vertically split windows
    • 30
      Open-source
    • 25
      Modal editing
    • 22
      No remembering shortcuts, instead "talks" to the editor
    • 21
      It stood the Test of Time
    • 16
      Unicode
    • 13
      VimPlugins
    • 13
      Everything is on the keyboard
    • 13
      Stick with terminal
    • 12
      Dotfiles
    • 11
      Flexible Indenting
    • 10
      Hands stay on the keyboard
    • 10
      Efficient and powerful
    • 10
      Programmable
    • 9
      Everywhere
    • 9
      Large number of Shortcuts
    • 8
      A chainsaw for text editing
    • 8
      Unmatched productivity
    • 7
      Developer speed
    • 7
      Super fast
    • 7
      Makes you a true bearded developer
    • 7
      Because its not Emacs
    • 7
      Modal editing changes everything
    • 6
      You cannot exit
    • 6
      Themes
    • 5
      EasyMotion
    • 5
      Most and most powerful plugins of any editor
    • 5
      Shell escapes and shell imports :!<command> and !!cmd
    • 5
      Intergrated into most editors
    • 5
      Shortcuts
    • 5
      Great on large text files
    • 5
      Habit
    • 5
      Plugin manager options. Vim-plug, Pathogen, etc
    • 4
      Intuitive, once mastered
    • 4
      Perfect command line editor
    • 1
      Not MicroSoft
    • 340
      Powerful multilanguage IDE
    • 309
      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
      File:///C:/Users/ydemi/Downloads/yuksel_demirkaya_webpa

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    Cons of λiquid
    Cons of Vim
    Cons of Visual Studio Code
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      • 8
        Ugly UI
      • 5
        Hard to learn
      • 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 λiquid?

      Clojure Text Editor, for editing clojure code and markdown. Written entirely in Clojure with inspiration from Emacs and Vim.

      What is Vim?

      Vim is an advanced text editor that seeks to provide the power of the de-facto Unix editor 'Vi', with a more complete feature set. Vim is a highly configurable text editor built to enable efficient text editing. It is an improved version of the vi editor distributed with most UNIX systems. Vim is distributed free as charityware.

      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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