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Re:Vscode.dev by JasonCannon on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @06:16PM (#28937523)
The Language Servers that power all of the intellisense and syntax highlighting and stuff are all native code. As are the compilers and everything that make VSCode more than just a text editor.
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Re:Vscode.dev by aozgaa on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @07:11PM (#28938075)
I think the typescript compiler and language service are implemented in typescript and compiled to JavaScript.
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Re:Vscode.dev by pjmlp on Thursday October 21, 2021 @02:30AM (#28941085)
And none of them require Electron, because they run out of process.
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Re:Vscode.dev by afiori on Thursday October 21, 2021 @03:14AM (#28941362)
well, the browser is not going to provide them.
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Re:Vscode.dev by pjmlp on Thursday October 21, 2021 @04:02AM (#28941672)
The server backend will, and this is also a way to run VSCode on system browser without Electron bloat.
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Re:Vscode.dev by Zababa on Thursday October 21, 2021 @02:24AM (#28941038)
Good points, you still have to rely on an OS for all that stuff.
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