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Crazy question: Since Microsoft bought GitHub, would it make sense to merge VSCode and Atom at some point, keeping the best of each one?
by ngrilly 8y ago
Crazy question: Since Microsoft bought GitHub, would it make sense to merge VSCode and Atom at some point, keeping the best of each one?
- ggregoire 8y agoWhat's the best of Atom?
- davidwparker 8y agoI find a lot of the keybindings and default settings to be more intuitive in Atom over VSCode. It's also extremely easy to extend via JavaScript.
- kiaulen 8y agoAs the other comment mentioned, extensibility. Their API is much easier to navigate. Their commands line up exactly with the name that shows up in the fuzzy finder, so dispatching a command or adding a key binding is a breeze. The settings menu supports things like drop down lists and color pickers. The UI is both beautiful and consistent. And Vim Mode Plus feels far ahead of Vscodevim. You do lose the dedicated python developer, first class LSP support, and integrated debugger though.
- baldfat 8y agoI never even thought about that. I had such high hopes for Atom and the speed hit was real at first just as I thought and figured nothing would beat my Vim setup. Then someone on HN stated that VS Code was really good and I just went back to my i3 and rsvt setup and laughed. Now I use VS Code non-stop in Linux. I went back to Atom and was underwhelmed compared to VS Code's community.
- brettcannon 8y agoGitHub is planning to keep Atom going: https://www.reddit.com/r/AMA/comments/8pc8mf/im_nat_friedman_future_ceo_of_github_ama/e0a2b2e/ https://www.reddit.com/r/AMA/comments/8pc8mf/im_nat_friedman...