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by TillE 3514 days ago
I have no idea why anyone would prefer VS Code for C++ or C#/.NET work on Windows. For everything else, Visual Studio has never been particularly great.
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I think a strong pull for it is its node debugger. At least for me. I'm not building giant C++ libraries (or however you C/C++/C# folks do) so it's just the right weight for what I do.

Last time I tried to install Visual Studio it was like 9gbs for the core.

VS 15 let you pare that down upon initial install. A services dev doesn't need a WPF or Winforms editor.
Multiple cursors.