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What's your favorite IDE right now? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 2 days ago by rklm@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/programming@programming.dev

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I use vscode for my personal projects (c++ and a fully open source stack, compiling for both Linux and Windows).

I'm using the proprietary version of vscode (via the aur) for the plugin repository, but I've always envied the open source version...

Are there any tools that have made you excited?

Bonus points if they have some support for compiling with MSVC (or if you can convince me to ditch it for something else).

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[–] spartanatreyu@programming.dev 2 points 2 days ago

I really want to switch from VSCode to Helix but not having a file tree is a deal breaker.

Luckily there's been a lot of work on adding a plugin runtime with one of the proof-of-concept plugins being a file tree. Assuming the plugin runtime comes out this year in a helix release, and adding on a year for the community to settle on the first wave of plugins while giving them time to mature, I can see myself using helix fulltime in 2027 (before Microsoft has enshitified vscode enough to be unpleasant to use).