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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. Extend, Embrace, Extinguish Revised by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    MS is doing what it can to stay relevant and muster mind share. The independent software developers are walking away and MS executives are scrambling to keep up.

    At the same time, it may currently be true that Linux, specifically Android, has turned into the next great MS cash cow via patent wars.