juliasilge

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   by juliasilge 1y ago

   I work on Positron and I'll chime in! If you only use Python (not any other languages) and you are happy with Spyder, then Positron might not be compelling as something for you to switch to. If you ever find yourself using additional p
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   by juliasilge 1y ago

   I work on Positron and we explain a bit about this here: https://positron.posit.co/faqs.html#why-build-a-new-ide-rath... tl;dr is that we build a lot of extensions ourselves and are familiar with what you can/can'
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   by juliasilge 1y ago

   I work on Positron and we are tracking interest in that here, if you would like to add a thumbs up or additional info: https://github.com/posit-dev/positron/issues/3679
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   by juliasilge 1y ago

   Thanks for your thoughts on the license; we know that it's FRAUGHT, for sure. Our company makes quite a lot of software available under OSI-approved licenses (MIT, etc) and we did think pretty carefully about what to try here, given ou
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   by juliasilge 1y ago

   I work on Positron, and I would say that it isn't a clone of Spyder, but rather a fork of VS Code that is very inspired by RStudio (also built by our company). Spyder takes a lot of inspiration from RStudio, and I would say that Spyder
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   by juliasilge 1y ago

   I work on Positron, and I do not entirely disagree with you! We do have support for managing connections from Python and R: https://positron.posit.co/connections-pane.html But we have some pretty big aspirations around expa
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   by juliasilge 1y ago

   I work on Positron, and I would say that Spyder can be a great choice for someone doing data science who uses Python only. I would argue that Positron is a better choice for people who use more than one language during their regular work (P
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   by juliasilge 1y ago

   I work on Positron, and I would say no, it's a different product that has a different set of tradeoffs than RStudio. RStudio is a different IDE, and it is not going anywhere; our company is committed to long term support for it. I woul
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   by juliasilge 1y ago

   Yes, but that is the server mode that is not free to use. If you want a free mode that lets you connect to a server, you might want to check out the remote SSH support: https://positron.posit.co/remote-ssh.html We talk a bi
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    by juliasilge 1y ago

    Hello! I work on Positron. We outline some answers here: https://positron.posit.co/faqs.html#how-can-i-use-positron-w... tl;dr is that the desktop app (including remote SSH sessions) is free to use with a permissive license
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    Jon Skeet earns 1mm rep on Stack Overflow(stackoverflow.blog)

    135 points by juliasilge 9y ago|30 comments
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    by juliasilge 9y ago

    Oh, I remember.