[onsclom]

> That is not my experience. Visual Studio Code doesn't seem to run as smoothly as I would like. Meanwhile every C++/QT application I have run works perfectly. Where are you getting this from?

I’m in a bit of a unique position where I work on both a Qt app using Qt Creator and a React app using VS Code. Qt Creator has crashed on me numerous times, has slower initial loads, regularly has weird visual bugs, and is overall much less enjoyable to use.

I develop on a modern windows computer. Maybe Qt Creator performance wins against VS Code on Linux? In my experience, VS Code does not perform as well on Linux as it does on Windows or OSX.

[johnbernier]

I've recently tried QT creator and it was hard to get working at first, but once I did it didn't have any problems or visual bugs for me. Overall it seems to be working pretty great, but rather or not you have issues depends upon your install, what version you are using, what operating system your are using, etc. So who knows.

But I think that QT creator should have a faster initial load then Visual Studio Code, because the later has to open up an entire browser render-er to work. QT creator opens instantly on my system, but visual studio code lags for a second. The weird visual bugs might indicate something else wrong with your system which is messing up the program. A picture might help us to find what the bug is so we can fix it if there is a serious problem with QT creator.

As for the less enjoyable to use thing, there isn't much I can do about that. Visual studio code is probably more fun to use, and React isn't too bad either. Using React can be a joyful experience indeed. But enjoyment issues aside, I think that a good C++/QT based application should have a performance advantage over one made with HTML/CSS/JavaScript and Electron. Visual studio code can be more enjoyable but still perform slightly less well, because it doesn't have to make a difference to the end user that it does things a couple milliseconds slower.