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Visual Studio Code 1.16 released

76 points by runesoerensen 9y ago

bopcrane 9y ago
I'm excited for the JS refactoring and the color picker. VS code is looking better all the time!
- tracker1 9y ago
  Can't agree more... each version adds at least one very useful feature that I use regularly. They also put an incredible amount of effort towards performance. For example, the embedded terminal wasn't so good at the start, but efforts were made to get the rendering performance up to snuff. This of course helps Hyper, as they share the same library.
SiVal 9y ago
Hopefully, it's now time to "make panel position configurable" (https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/2806 https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/2806), by far the #1 request of the "On Deck" features (https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/milestone/27 https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/milestone/27)
- allover 9y ago
  That would be nice, but damn there are some entitled brats in that thread. Open source sadness.
SiVal 9y ago
Does anyone know how "Release Notes" are implemented in VS Code? I'd like to be able to author my own notes with all the display and interactive features used by each release note document. Likewise the features of the "Help > Interactive Playground". I assume these are HTML-CSS-JS bundles of some sort, packaged in some way, but I don't know and would like to create them myself (for viewing in VS Code).
- mattbierner 9y ago
  I work on VS Code. The release notes are just markdown [0] that we render inside of the editor. The interactive playground on the welcome page is also just markdown [1] but we replace all the code blocks with embedded editors We don't provide a standard way for extensions to show their own release notes but we do support showing users the CHANGELOG file on extension pages. We are also tracking allowing extensions to contribute their own playground sections [2] [0]: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Microsoft/vscode-docs/master/release-notes/v1_16.md https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Microsoft/vscode-docs/mast... [1]: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Microsoft/vscode/master/src/vs/workbench/parts/welcome/walkThrough/electron-browser/editor/vs_code_editor_walkthrough.md https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Microsoft/vscode/master/sr... [2]: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/20449 https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/20449
ActsJuvenile 9y ago
Ignorant question: can VSCode use Python interpreter inside a Docker container? I looked around on their GitHub and looks like Dockerized Python needs a lot of workarounds.
- gt_ 9y ago
  I have the same question.
kup0 9y ago
Does startup seem noticeably faster for everyone else with this release? When opening files it feels like there's less of a delay now. Might be placebo.
- jhasse 9y ago
  Seems faster indeed!
inamberclad 9y ago
Anyone else a little miffed that the VSCode debian package adds another apt source without notifying the user when it's installed?
- pkaye 9y ago
  No not really.

76 points by runesoerensen 9y ago

bopcrane 9y ago

I'm excited for the JS refactoring and the color picker. VS code is looking better all the time!

tracker1 9y ago
Can't agree more... each version adds at least one very useful feature that I use regularly. They also put an incredible amount of effort towards performance. For example, the embedded terminal wasn't so good at the start, but efforts were made to get the rendering performance up to snuff. This of course helps Hyper, as they share the same library.

SiVal 9y ago

Hopefully, it's now time to "make panel position configurable" (https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/2806 https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/2806), by far the #1 request of the "On Deck" features (https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/milestone/27 https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/milestone/27)

allover 9y ago
That would be nice, but damn there are some entitled brats in that thread. Open source sadness.

SiVal 9y ago

Does anyone know how "Release Notes" are implemented in VS Code? I'd like to be able to author my own notes with all the display and interactive features used by each release note document. Likewise the features of the "Help > Interactive Playground". I assume these are HTML-CSS-JS bundles of some sort, packaged in some way, but I don't know and would like to create them myself (for viewing in VS Code).

mattbierner 9y ago
I work on VS Code. The release notes are just markdown [0] that we render inside of the editor. The interactive playground on the welcome page is also just markdown [1] but we replace all the code blocks with embedded editors We don't provide a standard way for extensions to show their own release notes but we do support showing users the CHANGELOG file on extension pages. We are also tracking allowing extensions to contribute their own playground sections [2] [0]: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Microsoft/vscode-docs/master/release-notes/v1_16.md https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Microsoft/vscode-docs/mast... [1]: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Microsoft/vscode/master/src/vs/workbench/parts/welcome/walkThrough/electron-browser/editor/vs_code_editor_walkthrough.md https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Microsoft/vscode/master/sr... [2]: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/20449 https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/20449

ActsJuvenile 9y ago

Ignorant question: can VSCode use Python interpreter inside a Docker container? I looked around on their GitHub and looks like Dockerized Python needs a lot of workarounds.

gt_ 9y ago
I have the same question.

kup0 9y ago

Does startup seem noticeably faster for everyone else with this release? When opening files it feels like there's less of a delay now. Might be placebo.

jhasse 9y ago
Seems faster indeed!

inamberclad 9y ago

Anyone else a little miffed that the VSCode debian package adds another apt source without notifying the user when it's installed?

pkaye 9y ago
No not really.