On windows, why would any C or C++ developer use Visual Studio Code instead of Visual Studio IDE?

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  • xmake-vscode

    🍩 A XMake integration in Visual Studio Code

  • I can use xmake + vscode-xmake plugin to develop c/c++ program. It's very lightweight. https://github.com/xmake-io/xmake-vscode

  • clangd

    clangd language server

  • Clangd is a great starting point, though; all you need is a binary from here and the VSCode extension. It doesn't support debugging, delegating that to specialized extensions like CodeLLDB. It's primarily compile_commands.json-oriented but compiler flags can be set through your VSCode settings instead if all source files use the same flags.

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