[int_19h]

There's more to development than a text editor, though. Sometimes you do want debugging. And maybe you want syntax highlighting in your REPL. And, perhaps, you'd like some profiling to figure out how to make your Node app run faster.

[fro]

Yes, and most of those things are already available as modular open source tools that fit well in the Node ecosystem. Encouraging people to use one giant, closed, monolithic program for all of those purposes is not a good step forward for Node.

[jbigelow76]

I think you are failing to make the distinction that the Node community isn't encouraging devs to use Visual Studio; Visual Studio is helping its community to use Node.

[Sanddancer]

I'd disagree. It allows people to use the tools they're most comfortable with, instead of imposing a singular idea as far as what the blessed environment is. Obviously, some people don't like the string of tools together approach, or else this wouldn't have been developed.