3 ms·

Don't forget about VSCode! It's very quickly becoming one of the best free editors out there, replacing Sublime, Atom and the rest. I'm actually curious, will t

Don't forget about VSCode! It's very quickly becoming one of the best free editors out there, replacing Sublime, Atom and the rest. I'm actually curious, will this be using Atom, it's own thing, or VS Code as the editor backend? I have actually been running code-server [0] which finally allows me to have my powerful editor with all my settings and extensions and working with my own files on any device. [0] https://github.com/cdr/code-server https://github.com/cdr/code-server

apozem 6y ago
> Don't forget about VSCode! It's very quickly becoming one of the best free editors out there I don't know if people realize just how much market share VS Code has grabbed. It went from 7% to 50% in five years, according some some surveys [1]. Microsoft is quietly dominating this part of the stack. [2] [1]: https://www.welcometothejungle.com/en/articles/vs-code-javascript https://www.welcometothejungle.com/en/articles/vs-code-javas... [2]: This is not an invitation to debate the merits of VS Code or tell me which editor you use, just an observation of growth
- diminish 6y ago
  It's hard to make a profit from a code editor - i think. but will it allow MS to grab developer mind share to focus on C# .NET and Azure?
  - miohtama 6y ago
    I feel New Microsoft is a lot.of about TypeScript/JavaScript. TypeScript development is dominated by Visual Studio Code.
  - apozem 6y ago
    MS constructing a path between different levels of the development stack. They're integrating languages they control with their super popular IDE with their insanely popular source code repository with their cloud provider. My bet is they won't stop you from going off the path (e.g. using VS Code to push to Bitbucket and deploy to AWS), but they will make the MS path the easiest and the default. VS Code in GitHub is a perfect example of this. Every integration makes it easier and more appealing to your CTO to Just Use Microsoft TM.
edraferi 6y ago
Github CodeSpaces is explicitly VS Code. Their tagline is "Get the full Visual Studio Code experience without leaving GitHub."
coldtea 6y ago
>I'm actually curious, will this be using Atom, it's own thing, or VS Code as the editor backend? Isn't it obvious? VS Code.
sq_ 6y ago
> replacing Sublime, Atom and the rest Regarding Atom, I've heard some whispers around the internet that they may slowly wind it down in favor of VSCode so that Microsoft doesn't have two competing text editors. Anyone know how true that might be?
- pedrocx486 6y ago
  If you look into Atom's changelogs and commits graph you can clearly see they winded it down the day the GitHub acquisition was completed. Atom is basically in maintenance mode now.

apozem 6y ago

> Don't forget about VSCode! It's very quickly becoming one of the best free editors out there I don't know if people realize just how much market share VS Code has grabbed. It went from 7% to 50% in five years, according some some surveys [1]. Microsoft is quietly dominating this part of the stack. [2] [1]: https://www.welcometothejungle.com/en/articles/vs-code-javascript https://www.welcometothejungle.com/en/articles/vs-code-javas... [2]: This is not an invitation to debate the merits of VS Code or tell me which editor you use, just an observation of growth

diminish 6y ago
It's hard to make a profit from a code editor - i think. but will it allow MS to grab developer mind share to focus on C# .NET and Azure?
- miohtama 6y ago
  I feel New Microsoft is a lot.of about TypeScript/JavaScript. TypeScript development is dominated by Visual Studio Code.
- apozem 6y ago
  MS constructing a path between different levels of the development stack. They're integrating languages they control with their super popular IDE with their insanely popular source code repository with their cloud provider. My bet is they won't stop you from going off the path (e.g. using VS Code to push to Bitbucket and deploy to AWS), but they will make the MS path the easiest and the default. VS Code in GitHub is a perfect example of this. Every integration makes it easier and more appealing to your CTO to Just Use Microsoft TM.

edraferi 6y ago

Github CodeSpaces is explicitly VS Code. Their tagline is "Get the full Visual Studio Code experience without leaving GitHub."

coldtea 6y ago

>I'm actually curious, will this be using Atom, it's own thing, or VS Code as the editor backend? Isn't it obvious? VS Code.

sq_ 6y ago

> replacing Sublime, Atom and the rest Regarding Atom, I've heard some whispers around the internet that they may slowly wind it down in favor of VSCode so that Microsoft doesn't have two competing text editors. Anyone know how true that might be?

pedrocx486 6y ago
If you look into Atom's changelogs and commits graph you can clearly see they winded it down the day the GitHub acquisition was completed. Atom is basically in maintenance mode now.