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Sandor Dargo

No, I still use VSCode mostly as we integrate it better and better into our corporate workflows, but it doesn't mean I'm completely happy with it. :( But it's LiveShare plugin is quite good for remote pair programming.

In the past, I used to use Eclipse with a C++ plugin, but it was eating up so much memory and its refactoring capabilities were far beyond compared to CLion...

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Saloni Goyal

LiveShare plugin does sound useful. I haven't had an opportunity to use it in work, but will try exploring it. With the lockdown both me and my brother (both engineers) are at home and this gives us an opportunity to pick each other's brains.

For VSCode, would you then describe it as a necessary evil? 🤔

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Sandor Dargo

I would call it neither necessary nor evil. It has pros and cons and given the efforts, some people put into it in our corporation (documentation, custom plugins, etc), if I put them all on the balance, right now VSCode wins. But this can easily change with the circumstances.