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Re:VS Code can do that? by wsy on Saturday April 21, 2018 @05:28PM (#16893543)
It's just a guess, but I think the main reason to run VSC in a browser is that they can later also let in run in a browser, without install. You will develop, store, and run your code on Azure, without any local installation.

(I don't know if that is a great vision, but it is a good rationale to use Web tech for IDE development)

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Re:VS Code can do that? by tombert on Saturday April 21, 2018 @09:05PM (#16894217)
I know this is like a "you can get something as good as Dropbox by just running an FTP server" thing that you see on HN occasionally, but if I wanted that, I conceivably could just run a VM on Azure/AWS/Digital Ocean and SSH in for development with NeoVim. I guess the interface wouldn't be as streamlined though.
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