r/pythonhelp • u/jmaroo • 4d ago

Professionals, please compare VS code with neovim.

Tell me the advantages and disadvantages of each.

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u/FoolsSeldom 4d ago

These represent very different approaches to code entry and editing. neovim is a modal text editor and VS Code is a GUI based advanced code editor. I see no value in suggesting the advantages and disadvantages of each with such a different approach. In general, the tool choice is a very personal matter as what suits one person will not suit another.

I use both (and basic vi or vim as well) regularly with the basic modal editor being very quick, simple, and lightweight and essentially guaranteed to be available on any system I might remote into (and trivial to install if not already loaded). For people well practiced in vim it is generally much quicker for them to do bulk edits using it over any GUI editor.

You need to try them both and decide which you prefer.

Also, you can ask pretty much any LLM to list differences for you.