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I thought VS Code was Atom? (well, a fork of)

by nielsbot 8y ago

spicyj 8y ago
It’s not. They are both web-based but otherwise unrelated.
gschier 8y ago
No, not at all. The only common component (I think) is Electron (Atom shell).
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ezekg 8y ago
VSCode is built on top of the same framework as Atom, Electron, which was previously called Atom-shell.
- frutiger 8y ago
  It's worth noting that the core contributors to Electron are Github employees.
  - toyg 8y ago
    That gives the acquisition a very different perspective. What if MS is really buying Electron? It’s something they’ve been using a lot in all their recent products, and it’s a key technology in the contemporary development landscape. Making it more Windows-friendly would definitely help them.
    - statictype 8y ago
      Improving Electron can be done far cheaper and easier than acquiring a company. The only thing GitHub has that Microsoft can't easily get on their own is the user base. That's what this acquisition will be about.
      - H4CK3RM4N 8y ago
        But controlling a leading platform so completely isn't cheap.
    - Rapzid 8y ago
      They can also ensure the next electronconf isn't cancelled. Everyone wins!
rhencke 8y ago
No, it's not a fork. They both run on Electron, so they share a common runtime environment, but they share no editor code.
- jonny_eh 8y ago
  Wasn't Electron created for Atom? If so, VSCode is at least using a part of Atom.
  - Gaelan 8y ago
    I mean, by that argument Windows uses Unix because C was written for Unix.
    - johannes1234321 8y ago
      At least historically Windows used different parts of UNIX. i.e. they used BSD's TCP/IP stack for quite some time. Also used "UNIX services for Windows" and recently added the Windows subsystem for Linux.
  - rhencke 8y ago
    That doesn't make Electron _a part_ of Atom. If I build my application on top of Linux, my application is not _a part_ of Linux. Electron is its own application framework, that Atom builds itself on top of. Electron is not a text editor framework, no more than QT or Cocoa is. It is _very_ fair to say VSCode is using Electron - heavily, in fact! But saying VSCode is using part of Atom is just not true, and implies VSCode is building atop the Atom editor, which it does not.
nielsbot 8y ago
Well, answering myself... Looks like it uses the Electron Shell project which was part of Atom https://thenextweb.com/apps/2015/04/30/microsofts-cross-platform-visual-studio-code-app-is-based-on-githubs-atom-editor/ https://thenextweb.com/apps/2015/04/30/microsofts-cross-plat...

I thought VS Code was Atom? (well, a fork of)

spicyj 8y ago

It’s not. They are both web-based but otherwise unrelated.

gschier 8y ago

No, not at all. The only common component (I think) is Electron (Atom shell).

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ezekg 8y ago

VSCode is built on top of the same framework as Atom, Electron, which was previously called Atom-shell.

frutiger 8y ago
It's worth noting that the core contributors to Electron are Github employees.
- toyg 8y ago
  That gives the acquisition a very different perspective. What if MS is really buying Electron? It’s something they’ve been using a lot in all their recent products, and it’s a key technology in the contemporary development landscape. Making it more Windows-friendly would definitely help them.
  - statictype 8y ago
    Improving Electron can be done far cheaper and easier than acquiring a company. The only thing GitHub has that Microsoft can't easily get on their own is the user base. That's what this acquisition will be about.
    - H4CK3RM4N 8y ago
      But controlling a leading platform so completely isn't cheap.
  - Rapzid 8y ago
    They can also ensure the next electronconf isn't cancelled. Everyone wins!

rhencke 8y ago

No, it's not a fork. They both run on Electron, so they share a common runtime environment, but they share no editor code.

jonny_eh 8y ago
Wasn't Electron created for Atom? If so, VSCode is at least using a part of Atom.
- Gaelan 8y ago
  I mean, by that argument Windows uses Unix because C was written for Unix.
  - johannes1234321 8y ago
    At least historically Windows used different parts of UNIX. i.e. they used BSD's TCP/IP stack for quite some time. Also used "UNIX services for Windows" and recently added the Windows subsystem for Linux.
- rhencke 8y ago
  That doesn't make Electron _a part_ of Atom. If I build my application on top of Linux, my application is not _a part_ of Linux. Electron is its own application framework, that Atom builds itself on top of. Electron is not a text editor framework, no more than QT or Cocoa is. It is _very_ fair to say VSCode is using Electron - heavily, in fact! But saying VSCode is using part of Atom is just not true, and implies VSCode is building atop the Atom editor, which it does not.

nielsbot 8y ago

Well, answering myself... Looks like it uses the Electron Shell project which was part of Atom https://thenextweb.com/apps/2015/04/30/microsofts-cross-platform-visual-studio-code-app-is-based-on-githubs-atom-editor/ https://thenextweb.com/apps/2015/04/30/microsofts-cross-plat...