Why VSCode doesn't use any front end framework

Re:Why VSCode doesn't use any front end framework by iAkashPaul on Tuesday March 12, 2024 @08:22AM (#39678620)

If only Zed got more traction & in-turn extensions, that's more performance than what most need

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Re:Why VSCode doesn't use any front end framework by _aavaa_ on Tuesday March 12, 2024 @01:13PM (#39682091)

Last I checked it's still missing language server and integrated debugger support.

That and being macOS only, seem like major roadblockers to major adoption.

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Re:Why VSCode doesn't use any front end framework by aurareturn on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @03:01AM (#39688734)

>That and being macOS only, seem like major roadblockers to major adoption.

And that's exactly why many companies choose Electron - despite a deficit in performance. Just having an Electron app is better than not having an app at all.

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Re:Why VSCode doesn't use any front end framework by _aavaa_ on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @06:44AM (#39689940)

I don’t think that’s the right lesson here.

And yet, they all then seem to do a whole bunch of work that is specific to each platform anyway.

Further, if Zed was an electron app nobody would be talking about it.

Electron’s great if you want to be the first on the market, and for many of them competition never arrives.

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Re:Why VSCode doesn't use any front end framework by aurareturn on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @11:13AM (#39692243)

Zed fills the niche that Sublime left behind. Electron is what you need to make the mass market product in Thu’s class.

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