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>"Fast forward to today. Now when you go to https://vscode.dev https://vscode.dev, you'll be presented with a lightweight version of VS Code running fully in th

>"Fast forward to today. Now when you go to https://vscode.dev https://vscode.dev, you'll be presented with a lightweight version of VS Code running fully in the browser." Does that imply there is functionality missing from the online version of VS Code?

meibo 5y ago
If you were to continue reading, you would be informed that many of the non-web languages don't have the same support in this version, since it can't run native language servers/any extensions that use OS-level APIs.
easton 5y ago
Mostly anything that relies on having a real system attached to it instead of the browser JS engine. Running code, or a terminal, or things that rely on the git binary. Lots of extensions are working to remove their dependencies on the local system though.
- tiffanyh 5y ago
  So these limitations don't exist for Codespaces then?
  - easton 5y ago
    They do not.
lucasmullens 5y ago
Some extensions aren't available, such as GitLens.
- JimiofEden 5y ago
  Yeah, the first thing I tried was to install some Go extensions. I guess they'll need to have separate web versions (or some sort of extra qualifiers)