I finally switched from Notepad++ to VS Code for my Python homework

I was editing my scripts in Notepad++ for 6 weeks and kept losing track of missing brackets and indentation errors. Switched to VS Code last Thursday and the built-in linting caught 7 mistakes in my first project alone. Has anyone else found that a better editor made a huge difference in catching simple bugs?

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blair63018d agoMost Upvoted

Wait, do you really think the editor is the thing that caught those mistakes though? I've been using Notepad++ for like 4 years and honestly it just sounds like you weren't using the right plugins. Notepad++ has a Python linter plugin that does the exact same thing VS Code does, it just takes 2 minutes to install. I tried VS Code for a week and felt like it was too bloated for a simple homework script, all those extensions and menus just got in my way. Plus Notepad++ opens in 2 seconds flat, VS Code takes like 15 seconds to load on my old laptop. I'd rather spend that time writing code than waiting for an editor to start up.

wadefoster18d ago

Are we all just gonna ignore the elephant in the room that is Notepad++ being Windows only? Some of us are on Linux or Mac and that argument falls apart pretty quick once you're not on Windows.