Why switch?

I’ve been developing Android apps with Android Studio since it first came out. So when Flutter arrived, it felt very natural to keep using it. As Flutter begins to support more and more platforms, though, it’s starting to feel wrong to use an IDE called Android Studio.

It’s not only that. I’ve played around with Visual Studio Code a few times, and I like how light weight it is. It starts up right away and there’s a clean interface. Android Studio by comparison is much heavier, and while it doesn’t take terribly long to start up, it’s not an insignificant amount of time.

Besides, all the cool people use VS Code. OK, not really, but a lot of cool people are using it. They must have a reason, right?

Fine, I don’t have a good reason for switching. I just am.

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