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The Language Servers that power all of the intellisense and syntax highlighting and stuff are all native code. As are the compilers and everything that make VSC

The Language Servers that power all of the intellisense and syntax highlighting and stuff are all native code. As are the compilers and everything that make VSCode more than just a text editor.

Zababa 5y ago
Good points, you still have to rely on an OS for all that stuff.
pjmlp 5y ago
And none of them require Electron, because they run out of process.
- afiori 5y ago
  well, the browser is not going to provide them.
  - pjmlp 5y ago
    The server backend will, and this is also a way to run VSCode on system browser without Electron bloat.
aozgaa 5y ago
I think the typescript compiler and language service are implemented in typescript and compiled to JavaScript.