If only Zed got more traction & in-turn extensions, that's more performance than what most need
Why VSCode doesn't use any front end framework
11–18 of 18 posts
Re: Why VSCode doesn't use any front end framework
#12Building your own proprietary frontend framework still counts as a framework in my mind. Like how a custom tailored suit is still a suit, just one that is, well, tailored to spec. The whole "no framework" narrative is silly.
Well of course you need to make an standard way to achieve your goals in the frontend or else it's just asking for madness.
"Your own framework" may be a valid statement but at the same time the creation of the framework its just a side effect of applying sane software design.
Re: Why VSCode doesn't use any front end framework
#13If only Zed got more traction & in-turn extensions, that's more performance than what most need
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.
Re: Why VSCode doesn't use any front end framework
#14I use vscode and had no idea it was electron. Electron apps had a very poor reputation 10 years ago.
Yet it feels very snappy to me.
Re: Why VSCode doesn't use any front end framework
#15If only Zed got more traction & in-turn extensions, that's more performance than what most need
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.
>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.
Re: Why VSCode doesn't use any front end framework
#16Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
>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.
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.
Re: Why VSCode doesn't use any front end framework
#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
>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.
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.
Zed fills the niche that Sublime left behind. Electron is what you need to make the mass market product in Thu’s class.
Re: Why VSCode doesn't use any front end framework
#18A bit click bait, the answer is the obvious one: performance and independence. Things that could have been a tweet (or tweet-sized blog post). But no, it’s a TikTok video on YouTube.
Well, at least it's under a minute. Could have been 25.