If you’re reading this post, I bet you know or maybe even use VS Code. This fact alone tells us a lot about the VS Code’s popularity. Millions of developers around the world from many different fields of software use this editor for their daily work. But why’s that?
In this article, I’d like to go over some of the most important reasons behind the VS Code’s popularity. We all know that the general answer is “because it’s good”, but I’d like to go deeper than that. To explore what makes a really good code editor and how it’s done!
Initial overview
For those of you wanting no fluff, here are all the reasons why I think the VS Code is so popular (in no particular order):
- open-source
- familiarity
- simplicity
- design
- extendability
Now, some of these reasons might be less or more clear and even overlap with one another. But even if, we’ll try to dive into each of these reasons individually.
Open-source
The fact that the VS Code is (mostly) open-source is an unprecedented advantage. Not only does it mean that the software is free to use, but also that you can help to improve it.
