Think differently now after the new changes?

There are multiple reasons why I would prefer VSC over Replit.

1. The shell. I use the console/shell a lot, and I really like having multiple shells. I like that I don't have to have one dedicated to running a webserver, but sometimes you need extra things running like a test script.
2. Git integration. Git integration in Replit is awful. Yes, you can commit files, push and pull to/from GitHub but that's it. I'd like the ability to be able to stage files, amend commits etc. I think VSC does this really well.
3. Files. I can't have multiple files open at the same time without using the shell in Replit. In VSC I can have four windows open at the same time. I don't think four is necessary for Replit, but two would definitely be helpful. Currently if I want two windows open next to each other, I have to open the shell and use vim.
4. Speed. I'm not blaming Replit for this because I don't think there's much the team can do about this, but I like using Replit when I'm at school. It's also what my school used to use in my Computer Science lessons. However, since recent updates Replit doesn't actually work on the school computers. The IDE just doesn't load. I don't know the cause of this since the Inspect menu is blocked.
5. Extensions. VSC has a vast library of extensions. I am aware that this feature is going to come to Replit, but currently I really like being able to customise themes, add snippets, add support for other services, etc via extensions in VSC. I think when/if this comes to Replit, it'd be much more likely for me to use it. Same for my next reason.
6. Autocompletion. VSC intellisense is much better than what Replit currently uses. Again, I've heard that this is going to be improved on Replit. Emmet is also a vital part of my workflow. I'm also aware that a Codemirror extension for this is under development.

However, there are some things that Replit does better than VSC.

1. Browser preview. Although VSC has a "Simple Browser" built into it, it really isn't very good. Replit's preview is much better.
2. Collaboration. I think that Replit's collaboration features are much better than VSC Live Share. Of course, Replit doesn't have audio support but that's never been important for me.
3. Packages? Replit manages packages quite well and does allow for manual control via the CLI. For that, it is better.
4. Customisation. Although customisation was one of the benefits of VSC, I really like being able to customise the tools/languages and packages with Nix.

For environmental variables, I'd like to be able to edit it as a plaintext file. Why couldn't we have this as a hidden file so that other projects can't see it, and it could be inside of a default.gitignore file. Then the secrets added in the GUI would be put inside of the file?

Thanks for the response though! I hope that the feedback helps@xyc

Damn I never thought a developer from Replit would see this lmao!
Thanks!

What do you mean? VSC is just an IDE. You can't use it as a website host.

Ye, anyways if you want a hosting service you can use likemogenius,Railway,Heroku orVercel, they're more focused in Hosting and do not provide an IDE but an easy CI.