Yeah, I know I said that for this course I'd use Eclipse. I still think it's a nice editor for the job, and if you prefer to continue use it, feel free!
However, it seems like Visual Studio Code for Windows (it also comes for Mac & Linux (two versions - .deb for Ubuntu, Mint and it's likes and a .rpm for Fedorea, SuSE and more)) seems to be a little better due to it's plethora of plugins and it's ability to help the programmer more than Eclipse can.