I've heard strong opinions from either side so I'm curious about what are some of the reasons you DO or you DO NOT use browser-based IDEs like Github codespaces, replit.com, vscode.dev, stackblitz.com, hony.ai and many more (Please suggest if you use something else). Also, please comment about your programming language and stack if relevant.
A few arguments to get the conversation started
Against using browser-based IDEs:
- Browser-based IDEs are limited in functionality
- Limited Customizability
- ...
For using browser-based IDEs:
- Security, e.g. installing npm dependencies on your local machine vs a sandboxed remote server
- Convenience of having the same environment everywhere
- ...