Where Do I Code?
Understanding how to choose a text editor/IDE for coding
Recently, we were requested to create a tutorial series on the text editor, VSCode. The requester had seen other programmers using VSCode and wanted to learn how to use it. However, they found the features and functionality offered by the popular text editor overwhelming. At first, we were a little confused — VSCode at its core is ultimately just a text editor after all — but after listening to them a little more closely we started to understand where they were coming from.
As a new programmer, it can be confusing understanding where to start when coding. While there are a lot of resources out there focused on teaching the basics of coding, they often gloss over an important first step when learning how to code: where to code. While we did our best to do justice to this topic in our first tutorial in our Python Crash Course series, in this article, we wanted to delve into this topic a little more in order to help new programmers learn where to code.
Pre-Reqs
While this story is geared towards new programmers, before continuing with this story it might be beneficial to have written and executed some code. Though not required, it will make understanding some of the points discussed in this article more clear.
