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I'm curious about how the editor itself was built. Is it itself written with cross-platform .NET? And if so, what UI library? Edit: Got my answer. Electron and

I'm curious about how the editor itself was built. Is it itself written with cross-platform .NET? And if so, what UI library? Edit: Got my answer. Electron and TypeScript: https://twitter.com/shanselman/status/593454574297427968 https://twitter.com/shanselman/status/593454574297427968

jbeja 11y ago
Can access without school or work account, I don't know how to get this.
- jffry 11y ago
  It will evidently be available "later today": https://twitter.com/shanselman/status/593454156779687937 https://twitter.com/shanselman/status/593454156779687937 EDIT: Apparently at 11AM PDT: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9459632 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9459632 (aka in an hour-ish)
- tomconte 11y ago
  Get it from https://code.visualstudio.com/Download https://code.visualstudio.com/Download
- deleted 11y ago
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jahewson 11y ago
Electron is formerly known as Atom Shell, which powers GitHub's Atom editor. http://electron.atom.io http://electron.atom.io
13years 11y ago
How is the editing experience? Is it faster than Atom?
alfredxing 11y ago
It'll be interesting to see what the performance is like, since this has been a recurring problem with web-tech based applications (especially editors like Atom and Brackets).
- tracker1 11y ago
  Actually seems to work better than Atom or Brackets so far... I found both to be intolerable pretty quickly... this, I'll be continuing with for a couple days, I like the UI better than sublimetext so far.
  - trwired 11y ago
    I don't really understand the sentiment that you have expressed in your aside. If they deliver an interesting and/or useful product, why not reward them with credit?
    - tracker1 11y ago
      removed it... I just don't like when I sound like a company shill. In this case imho the editor itself actually runs than my trials with brackets and atom... The startup time is actually tolerable, and the editing seems to work a little better too. A few days will determine if I go back to sublime again.
- scope 11y ago
  that was my thought too, testing it on my MBP - like Brackets and Atom, it showed up in `Apps Using Significant Energy`
shankun 11y ago
The Visual Studio Code shell is built on GitHub's Electron Shell, but the editor is a new and improved version of our own Monaco editor, which we use on Azure Websites, Visual Studio Online, and a number of other web sites, and in the F12 Tools in Internet Explorer.

jbeja 11y ago

Can access without school or work account, I don't know how to get this.

jffry 11y ago
It will evidently be available "later today": https://twitter.com/shanselman/status/593454156779687937 https://twitter.com/shanselman/status/593454156779687937 EDIT: Apparently at 11AM PDT: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9459632 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9459632 (aka in an hour-ish)
tomconte 11y ago
Get it from https://code.visualstudio.com/Download https://code.visualstudio.com/Download
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jahewson 11y ago

Electron is formerly known as Atom Shell, which powers GitHub's Atom editor. http://electron.atom.io http://electron.atom.io

13years 11y ago

How is the editing experience? Is it faster than Atom?

alfredxing 11y ago

It'll be interesting to see what the performance is like, since this has been a recurring problem with web-tech based applications (especially editors like Atom and Brackets).

tracker1 11y ago
Actually seems to work better than Atom or Brackets so far... I found both to be intolerable pretty quickly... this, I'll be continuing with for a couple days, I like the UI better than sublimetext so far.
- trwired 11y ago
  I don't really understand the sentiment that you have expressed in your aside. If they deliver an interesting and/or useful product, why not reward them with credit?
  - tracker1 11y ago
    removed it... I just don't like when I sound like a company shill. In this case imho the editor itself actually runs than my trials with brackets and atom... The startup time is actually tolerable, and the editing seems to work a little better too. A few days will determine if I go back to sublime again.
scope 11y ago
that was my thought too, testing it on my MBP - like Brackets and Atom, it showed up in `Apps Using Significant Energy`

shankun 11y ago

The Visual Studio Code shell is built on GitHub's Electron Shell, but the editor is a new and improved version of our own Monaco editor, which we use on Azure Websites, Visual Studio Online, and a number of other web sites, and in the F12 Tools in Internet Explorer.