Microsoft and Canonical Launch Visual Studio Code Snap For Linux (betanews.com)

Following the release of Visual Studio 2019 for Windows and Mac platforms, Microsoft today is releasing a snap version of Visual Studio Code. A report adds: No, the source-code editor is not the Windows-maker's first snap -- it also released one for Skype, for instance. "As of today, Visual Studio Code is available for Linux as a snap, providing seamless auto-updates for its users. Visual Studio Code, a free, lightweight code editor, has redefined editors for building modern web and cloud applications, with built-in support for debugging, task running, and version control for a variety of languages and frameworks," says Canonical. Joao Moreno, Software Development Engineer, Microsoft Visual Studio Code offers the following statement: "The automatic update functionality of snaps is a major benefit. It is clear there is a thriving community around snaps and that it is moving forward at great pace. The backing of Canonical ensures our confidence in its ongoing development and long-term future."

Comments

Excellent

[OneHundredAndTen]

You already know, Microsoft, where you can stick your snap.

Re:Meh. I'll stick with Eclipse.

[Tough Love]

I would like to see somebody get busy on a clean sheet reimplementation of the best aspects of Eclipse and Visual Studio in a non-insane language like Go or Rust. And remember Visual Age, the predecessor of Eclipse, which was written in Smalltalk? It could do some amazing things that its successor doesn't attempt, like recompile parts of a large program while it is running. Why can't Eclipse do that? When we changed out Smalltack for Java, did we get more stupid? And why is Eclipse so freaking slow, I thought Java was supposed to be fast? (No, actually, I was never fooled.) And Javascript... don't get me started.