I would like to offer a sidepane control as well, so you can dock multiple things in the sidepanes and expand/contract them. The navigation buttons will only operate on what's docked in center, the editor if you will.

I like the concept with the activity and sidebar in vscode. But I also like the dockable views in sidepanes in IntelliJ.

I'll install vscode to get some ideas from there as well.

the UI concept of vscode is so well-thought. it is one of the best microsoft products I've ever used.

It feels nice indeed.

only thing I miss is the ability to move the output console to the right (instead of the bottom)

I like that sidebar. Maybe stuff for the sidebar should just extend in the same way they do in vscode.

the UI concept of the extension manager is really good (compared to the atom editor)

Checking..

the difference is, in vscode the list of extension is one view in the sidepane, in atom it is multiple pages in the settings dialog. the information page for an extension is, in vscode, a view in the content area with multiple tabs, and in atom, a single view in the content area with information stacked.

I see.

off-topic: the vim plugin for vscode is also nice. not as good as the idea-vim, but usable.

It doesn't seem all that usable for Java code.

vscode C# plugin is great. I think redhat is writing a Java language server for vscode (and all other editors/IDE that support the language server)

I don't think they will ever reach IDEA when it comes to refactoring and developer productivity, but it's sure nice to look at 🙂

I think they'll. The rust guys are also working hard, and the typescript team. the refactoring service in the language server standard is in it's infancy, but I guess we'll see fast progress

Now the funny thing is, there limits for the language server. The developers of the Rust plugin for IntelliJ now this. I think they'll build a complete Rust "compiler" using the IntelliJ infrastructure for refactoring and co.

Just imagine if the world could agree upon a language server API.. that would be something 🙂

I can't even figure out how to compile and run a Java hello world sample though.

Premium language support for programming language in every editor and IDE at the same level

I think code runner extension for vscode support this.

Let me check,.

c#, typescript, but also clojure, elm, python, ruby, work great in vscode.

and the debugger is fantastic. not that far away from the intellij debugger

It keeps saying "it's recommended to install java language support" (even though I have it installed), and when I click show suggestion nothing happens.

strange

Ah, I didn't install the one provided by RedHat

Switching

note: the redhat extension uses the eclipse API for Java stuff

I programmed in TypeScript in VS Code in the last few months and it is fantastic. VS Code insiders even provides code lens for typescript (something I miss in IDEA)