Using Visual Studio as Force.com IDE, Import code from cloud to VS
Yup, There is no escaping now, you have to learn to do it with VS Code. I hate and love Salesforce for this. It's like OnePlus' slogan #NeverSettle Here is a new way to get the metadata components from salesforce instances and it is part of the Visual studio experience. If you are here just to learn How-to, skip the following blabbering and start with "Steps to get metadata from your Salesforce Org.". I liked using eclipse, it was clumsy but still easy to use, it had all the options. Its not just that, we have some more options, chrome extension, Salesforce Inspector , RIP - MavensMate and many more. Everyone has their own favorite. With all the changes in the development on the new platform, I guess we have to get used to the recommended approach, which is Visual Studio, VS Code. There is actually more to this story, a propaganda. We are required to go through these items, in the name of FUN, COOL, WOW, where are these could be as easy as "