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Microsoft Launches Visual Studio Code, a Free Cross-Platform Code Editor

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Re: Microsoft Launches Visual Studio Code, a Free Cross-Platform Code Editor

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Post by sremani »

nothrabannosir wrote: post #56

Wow. I seriously don't know what to think anymore. What is their end game? Which platform are they hoping to become / remain dominant in? Don't get me wrong---I'm as happy as the next guy about this. VS is the only tolerable language-dedicated IDE, if they take 25% of their VS engineering mantra to this it will be better than almost anything else. But where does it end? I am clearly so not in touch with my inner mba.…

This is decent strategy if the end game is eco-system around Microsoft technologies, not just windows but their whole offerings including Azure, IoT etc.

Re: Microsoft Launches Visual Studio Code, a Free Cross-Platform Code Editor

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Post by EnderMB »

nothrabannosir wrote: post #56

Wow. I seriously don't know what to think anymore. What is their end game? Which platform are they hoping to become / remain dominant in? Don't get me wrong---I'm as happy as the next guy about this. VS is the only tolerable language-dedicated IDE, if they take 25% of their VS engineering mantra to this it will be better than almost anything else. But where does it end? I am clearly so not in touch with my inner mba.…

This is touched upon a bit in this episode of .NET Rocks.

http://dotnetrocks.com/default.aspx?showNum=1131

What I took from it is that Microsoft used to make all their money from Windows and Office, but now the company is looking to transition towards being a service company rather than a product company. As a service-oriented company, restricting developers towards a single platform doesn't really help them, so ultimately it's in Microsoft's best interest to get .NET out there as much as possible so that people will want to choose their services.

I won't admit to "getting it", but what I gather is that Microsoft want .NET to be a valid choice for everyone.

Re: Microsoft Launches Visual Studio Code, a Free Cross-Platform Code Editor

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Post by venomsnake »

keithwarren wrote: post #24

tldr; light weight Visual Studio for OSX/Windows/Linux with support for dozens of languages, intellisense (autocomplete), refactoring, debugging (yes, real debugging), git integration and it is free

So ... pretty much perfect?

Re: Microsoft Launches Visual Studio Code, a Free Cross-Platform Code Editor

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Post by davexunit »

yulaow wrote: post #16

A real question, not for flaming but just for understand: is free as in beer or in freedom? I mean, is it also open-source?

It's free as in beer only. Please do not use it if you care about software freedom, and urge Microsoft to respect you by releasing the source code under a free license.

Re: Microsoft Launches Visual Studio Code, a Free Cross-Platform Code Editor

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Post by mynameisvlad »

cliveowen wrote: post #65
jroseattle wrote: post #15

Tried -- failed. Login through MS, then get screen that it's unavailable. Come on, MS.

More than a year ago I skipped the page that asked me to enable the two-factor authentication, as I didn't want to give Microsoft my phone number. One day I found myself completely locked out of my account. Long story short, I've never been able to access my email account again, since that day. The instructions to unblock the account [1], say, I shit you not: >"To unblock your account go to https://account.live.com a…

https://account.live.com/resetpassword.aspx doesnt seem to require my password. I was able to select "I know my password, but can't log in" then chose "I don't have any of these" at which point I was given a form to fill out to have a CS rep contact me.

Give it a try, it might give you access to your account again.

Re: Microsoft Launches Visual Studio Code, a Free Cross-Platform Code Editor

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Post by jffry »

jbeja wrote: post #51
daigoba66 wrote: post #33

I'm curious about how the editor itself was built. Is it itself written with cross-platform .NET? And if so, what UI library? Edit: Got my answer. Electron and TypeScript: https://twitter.com/shanselman/status/593454574297427968

Can access without school or work account, I don't know how to get this.

It will evidently be available "later today": https://twitter.com/shanselman/status/593454156779687937

EDIT: Apparently at 11AM PDT: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9459632 (aka in an hour-ish)

Re: Microsoft Launches Visual Studio Code, a Free Cross-Platform Code Editor

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Post by davexunit »

clarry wrote: post #35
joshuapants wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Open source doesn't imply free (or libre, if you prefer)

It pretty much always does.

Many companies use "open source" or simply "open" in a way that isn't compatible with the open source definition. This is known as open washing. A good, non-Microsoft example is Epic Games and Unreal Tournament 4. They talk a lot about being "open", but the source code and assets are all proprietary.
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