Microsoft Launches Visual Studio Code, A Free Cross-Platform Code Editor For OS X, Linux And Windows
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Right now, I'm enjoying using Brackets (http://brackets.io) -- it has a really nice Git plugin and is free... If I were doing something cross platform, I'd consider VSCode a bit more. But I mainly develop in PHP which includes cross platform by default, lol.
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If you look at VSCode, they actually say that it is written in JavaScript on Node.js and is running on Node.js.... it's a web app running on a local web server!! That's pretty cool. It is self hosting.
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In case it isn't apparent, it looks like there is a really good chance that you can just host VSCode anywhere and access it purely as a web app without needing to install it. So it is cross platform because it is Node.js and not a Microsoft technology, but also it is even more cross platform because you only need a web browser to access it. So, in theory, you can host it on a dev server and access from even a Chromebook!
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That sounds kinda cool, if it will actually work that way, but not likely since it would have to deal with Authentication, disconnected sessions,etc, etc.
That may be an idea-bug you could put in the developer's ear.
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@dafyre said:
That sounds kinda cool, if it will actually work that way, but not likely since it would have to deal with Authentication, disconnected sessions,etc, etc.
That may be an idea-bug you could put in the developer's ear.
They HAVE to have thought of this already. You design software this way specifically so that you can do this.
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You have to pay $5.00 to get a copy of the open source code they used in their project?
https://code.visualstudio.com/License -
@thecreativeone91 said:
You have to pay $5.00 to get a copy of the open source code they used in their project?
https://code.visualstudio.com/LicenseCopy fee, likely.
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Supports C# but not F# right now.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@thecreativeone91 said:
You have to pay $5.00 to get a copy of the open source code they used in their project?
https://code.visualstudio.com/LicenseCopy fee, likely.
Or they could just you know put it online like a normal company would.
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What supports C#? Running remotely or VSCode itself?
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@dafyre said:
What supports C#? Running remotely or VSCode itself?
MonoDev, SharpDev, and JetBrain's IDEA supports it via plugin
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@dafyre said:
What supports C#? Running remotely or VSCode itself?
The full features of VSCode. It has text highlighting, but nothing else, for F#.
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First impressions are that it is just a text editor and pretty light. Not sure how much it offers that Atom, Notepad++ and others didn't already offer. Doesn't have the features of JetBrains by any stretch and that already supported all of those platforms. It's a nice little package, but nothing to get excited over. Right now it is just a nice text editor with code highlighting. Am I missing something? It's not an IDE. At least not yet.
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HArd to tell if VSCode is unresponsive or if it is just the dog slow Macbook Pro that is so slow. Everything is slow on a Mac so hard to judge applications.
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Jeeze if I had 10¢ for every time @scottalanmiller brought up F#.... I'd have 40¢, and that's counting here and SW. What I'm saying is F# needs to be discussed more, personally I prefer it over OCaml, and other similar things such as JoCaml, well that name is hilarious but again, be it that, Erlang or some other crap, I like F#
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F# is pretty nice from the little bit that I have played with it. OCaml isn't bad, the only issue is that it is only useful if you plan to go work for Jane Street. Don't get me wrong, I hear they are nice, but they are the one and only OCaml shop in the world
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