I finally switched from Notepad++ to VS Code for my Python homework

I was editing my scripts in Notepad++ for 6 weeks and kept losing track of missing brackets and indentation errors. Switched to VS Code last Thursday and the built-in linting caught 7 mistakes in my first project alone. Has anyone else found that a better editor made a huge difference in catching simple bugs?

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blair6304mo ago

Wait, do you really think the editor is the thing that caught those mistakes though? I've been using Notepad++ for like 4 years and honestly it just sounds like you weren't using the right plugins. Notepad++ has a Python linter plugin that does the exact same thing VS Code does, it just takes 2 minutes to install. I tried VS Code for a week and felt like it was too bloated for a simple homework script, all those extensions and menus just got in my way. Plus Notepad++ opens in 2 seconds flat, VS Code takes like 15 seconds to load on my old laptop. I'd rather spend that time writing code than waiting for an editor to start up.

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wadefoster4mo ago

Are we all just gonna ignore the elephant in the room that is Notepad++ being Windows only? Some of us are on Linux or Mac and that argument falls apart pretty quick once you're not on Windows.

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