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> 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 Cod
by 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 agoIt'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 agoI feel New Microsoft is a lot.of about TypeScript/JavaScript. TypeScript development is dominated by Visual Studio Code.
- apozem 6y agoMS 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.