My programmer insists on using Visual Studio instead of the VexCode Pro V5 software. The programmer on my sister team insists that V5 Pro is the superior program and that our coder should also be using Vexcode V5 pro because it is simply a better program and that VS has several issues to it. But it has caused our programmer to become increasingly fearful of change to his code by other people and has since been denying access to the code (very childish) now he is saying that VS is the superior program where as Vexcode Pro V5 has faults.
Visual Studio Code (different then Visual Studio, but I’m assuming you mean VSCode) is a program used by tons of professional programmers around the world, so it has more and better programming-related features. However, it is also more complicated and harder to setup. If your programmer wants to switch and thinks he can handle the extra complexity and switching doesn’t negatively affect anyone else on the team, I don’t see any problem with switching.
As for the sharing code thing, you can set up a system where people have to tell the programmer when they do something to the code, or you could just let the programmer do all the programming so that it doesn’t break without him knowing what caused the problem. Alternatively, if your programmer is willing to go through the work to use more advanced programming software, I would recommend setting up something like a Git repository with GitHub for code management, which makes it easier to revert changes and share the code between multiple computers.
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I’m not sure exactly what you are asking for here, but I would agree that the VEX VSCode extension is better than VEXCode Pro V5. VSCode offers a ton of customizability and has integrated version control. I also like the UI of the VEX VSCode extension more than VEXCode Pro V5. However, most of the benefits of VSCode will go unnoticed if you are newer to programming. Even so, I would recommend using the VSCode extension as that seems to be the direction VEX is headed in, so it is better to start getting used to it now rather than later.
If you are asking for what you should do so that your programmer stops being fearful of people changing his code, I think your programmer should learn about Git/Github and implement version control on your project. This will allow you to essentially create save states of your code, so if someone comes and messes with your code you can revert to the previous save state.
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Visual Studio isn’t an IDE like VexCode Pro V5 is. You have to set things up in order to do things on it. However, on Visual Studio you can use both Vexcode and PROS. It really depends on whether you want a more diverse and customizable experience or a simple one.
In my opinion, vscode is indeed better than VEXCodePro. it has the latest SDK, and as the project gets bigger, the extension on the vscode can actually offer you better performance( I use clangd and vex extension, and they respond really fast ).
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It has the latest SDK
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The extension on the vscode can actually offer you better performance, when the project gets bigger.I use clangd and vex extension, and they respond faster than VEXCodePro does.
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Lots of themes and syntax highlight are available.It is actually really important to the programming efficiency, because it makes things tidy and organized.
You could see that if you choose the right theme in vscode, the functions and diffenent types of variables can be well divided into different colors rather than becoming white in VEXCodePro. -
Jump in the VSCode is a lot easier than VEXCode.If I have a function and I want to see its definition, I need to double click on the function’s name and click “Go to Definition”(or use the short cut) in the VEXCodePro and it won’t work if you have mutiple hpps and cpps.
But in the VSCode, it’s really convient, I only need hold ctrl and click the function’s name, and it will simpily bring me to the definition of the function, which is really convient for me.
But to be honest, I don’t really agree with his action, because it is really important to communicate with others as a programmer.And diffenent softwares can’t reallt tell one’s ability.I think you guys should have a talk about it.
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