Which Editor (2024)

VS Code

VS Code Advantages

• Cross-platform
• Stable
• Vast amount of extensions
• Ease of use
• Intergrated into GitHub, head to a repo and click period on your keyboard
• Supports basically every language
• Intergrated Git control

VS Code Disadvantages

• Slow due to being electron based
• Crowded, this can be a plus but for me I prefer a minimal IDE

Vim

Vim Advantages

• Cross-platform
• Stable
• Quickest
• No need to install anything
• On every machine

Vim Disadvantages

• Learning curve

Zed

Zed Advantages

• Cross-platform
• Quick as it's rust based
• Minimal

Zed Disadvantages

• Doesn't support too many extensions (at the time of writing it is still in beta)

What Do I Use?

I personally use Zed with vim mode enabled, this way I get the best of both worlds. I end up with a nice and fast GUI using Zed, but also the quick keyboard shortcuts using vim. There are many extensions for vim that can enable what Zed do but for me I prefer the ease of zed, the extension store being one click, and I always know how to exit Zed.