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When VS Code was first released, I was ecstatic at the idea of a cross-platform lightweight code editor backed by the weight of the Visual Studio brand. I wante
by redwards510 10y ago
When VS Code was first released, I was ecstatic at the idea of a cross-platform lightweight code editor backed by the weight of the Visual Studio brand. I wanted to move into the vim/sublime style of coding, but just couldn't get used to them despite my efforts. I was also a bit anxious that VSCode might be a bit of a publicity stunt; a way to say "See, microsoft can do cross-platform" but poorly maintained and poorly funded.
I'm happy to see it is plowing ahead steadily to a best-in-class IDE! Every time I open it, there is a new point update[1]. The documentation and tutorials are thankfully kept up to date. Out of the box it is an amazing Node.js editor and debugger. It has greatly helped me develop my Javascript skills and eased a lot of the pain I had with the lack of intellisense in that language (.net dev here). If the vision for the app was "lets create Visual Studio: Millennial Edition" I'd say: target destroyed. Whoever is in charge certainly has a vision, because this sort of app could easily get wrecked by going in too many directions at once. Keep up the great work and keep on that strategy of not listening to every single person's input ;)
[1] By that I mean I have it installed on mac/linux/win so when I open it on various computers, it usually has an update waiting. Not that I've ran it six times.