Just compared VS Code and Notepad++ for my first Python script

I spent yesterday trying to run a simple hello world script in Notepad++ and kept hitting errors with indentation. Switched to VS Code and it auto-formatted my tabs in 2 seconds flat. Has anyone else had a similar experience switching from a basic editor to something with more hand-holding?

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angela1912mo ago

Dove straight into that same trap myself last week. Spent a solid 10 minutes in Notepad++ trying to figure out why my print("hello") kept throwing errors. VS Code caught my missing colon and fixed my tabs before I even hit save. Makes you wonder how much time we waste fighting with tools instead of actually coding. Notepad++ is great for quick text edits but for Python it feels like using a butter knife to carve a turkey.

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wade4382mo ago

Yeah @angela191 hit it right, pure fighting the tools not the code.

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