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Posting here because I didn’t see a subforum for this topic or for VS Code -

Is Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code (VS Code) widely used here? Or, is there another editor that is recommended? I found VS Code by watching tutorials and reading online articles. Having used few tools for developing, I am poorly qualified to assess it; however, from doing MS’s tutorials on it and using it for a few days it seems to be quite powerful. I’d appreciate comments from everyone about VS Code as an editor and suggestions for others to try.

Beyond code editors, what do folks here use and/or recommend for version control? I’ve investigated GIT/GitHub and see how they would be powerful tools for developing apps by multiple users. In fact, I’d say they are essential. I learned in the '70s that controlling how program development is managed is essential to producing quality product. The GIT/GitHub model is a much advanced tool for repository management that facilitates testing and roll-out than ones I built for mainframe systems. It will fit my needs, from what I can tell; but I was wondering what folks here might have to say about it.

TIA

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I would suggest you stick to VS Code and Git/GitHub.

For version control, Git is pretty much de facto, but you can use other sites like GitLab or Bitbucket. But I wouldn’t bother with that unless you find something about GitHub you just can’t live with.

VS Code is great. But there are other editors such as WebStorm and Sublime Text which I know some people still like (they are not free, but I think Sublime Text lets you “evaluate it” forever).

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