I really disliked VScode's inbuilt terminal. I loved running my tests in the terminal so I could have a full view of what was happening. I disliked the idea of having half code and half terminal on VScode - it really didn't impress me. Moreso, I loved splitting my terminal into different panes and tabs running different processes, the server, tests, redis, etc. VScode's terminal couldn't be of much help.
Todd
Software Security TechLead
Collins Ruto This article interests me as I too use VSCode but some colleagues use VIM. I have a basic familiarity with VIM like you did but haven't turned it into a full IDE yet.
However, I can't help but ask, why didn't you just use VSCode's built-in terminal by pressing Ctrl+`? You can run tests, builds, and apps in there or do whatever else you want in the shell. Would you care to explain other benefits of Vim over VSCode? Thanks.