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> Vscode got where its now mostly because of how extendable it is imo. Every IDE or "code" editor has had some sort of extensions since decades. _Not_ being ex
by ReleaseCandidat 3y ago
> Vscode got where its now mostly because of how extendable it is imo.
Every IDE or "code" editor has had some sort of extensions since decades. _Not_ being extensible is a reason to not being successful.
What made VS Code was the LSP and that you can use JS (that "everybody" already knows) to write extensions.
The need of Lapce to use a language with manual memory management (to compile to (non GC) WASM) is a problem for general adoption.