[wilsonnb3]

> what are you really gaining by using VSCode

The out of the box experience is vastly superior to neovim, you have to configure a lot less stuff.

The default keybindings are not esoteric.

Adding support for a new language is just clicking a button to install the extension, you don't have to configure or install the LSP yourself (or even know what an LSP is).

For me personally, better support for c#/.net.

You can make a nice IDE with neovim and plugins and a GUI but you do have to make it, whereas you just have to install vscode and you are done.

[oxidant]

Astronvim[0] is plug and play. Easy to add LSPs (Mason), easy to add syntax highlighting (TreeSitter), and easy to configure (Lua, no JSON).

I can't stand VSCode due to personal preference [1], but I won't fault someone else using it. If configuration is stopping you from using neovim, use Astronvim or another pre built solution.

[0] https://astronvim.com/ [1] my main beef is lack of support for my ingrained Jetbrains shortcuts and the find window being in the sidebar. How anyone can use the search results easily is behind me. I know you can move it, it's just annoying.

[mark38848]

I use astronvim and still don't know how to get Purescript to work.

[d_programmer]

You can just simply ignore that find window and instead use the "Go to Symbol" feature by pressing Ctrl + T to navigate quickly between symbols (variable + function + classes + etc).

[asabla]

> For me personally, better support for c#/.net.

I feel this one. Especially if you want to do anything with razor pages and/or Blazor.

It's still workable. But the experience is far from VS Code and Visual Studio sadly

[goosejuice]

Lazyvim is pretty plug & play with room to grow.

Zed and helix are good off the shelf alts.

I think the days are pretty far gone for having to really do much work to have a nice nvim setup