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Microsoft Releases Visual Studio Code Preview For Linux, OS X, and Windows

Posted by Soulskill on from the of-proof-and-pudding dept.

ClockEndGooner writes: Microsoft is still extending its efforts into cross platform development with the release of a preview edition of Visual Studio Code, "a lightweight cross-platform code editor for writing modern web and cloud applications that will run on OS X, Linux and Windows." Derived from its Monaco editor for Visual Studio Online, the initial release includes rich code assistance and navigation for JavaScript, TypeScript, Node.js, ASP.NET 5, C# and many others.

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  1. It is Atom from github by Billly+Gates · · Score: 2, Informative

    Just re branded with node.js replaced with a fork and Chromium as a viewer. Never thought I would see MS use Chrome.

    But applause as MS is truly adopting to open source

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    1. Re:It is Atom from github by Richard_at_work · · Score: 4, Informative

      Its not simply Atom, it uses the Monaco editor MS have been using on VS Online for some time, as well as Omnisharp and a few other things - Atom supplies the shell, and Chromium the runtime, but its much more than simply Atom.

  2. Re:Atom? The shittiest text editor around? by UnknownSoldier · · Score: 4, Informative

    Yup, Vim FTW! I particularly like this VIM Cheat Sheet

    MS forgot the first rule of programs:

    "Those who forget the past are condemned to re-implement it, badly."

  3. Re: Atom? The shittiest text editor around? by senatorpjt · · Score: 3, Informative

    Notepad in Windows 95 had a maximum file size of 64K.