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Re: Vscode.dev

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Post by gavinray » Wed, Oct 20, 2021, 7:00 PM UTC

lostintangent wrote: post #90

mynameismon wrote: post #82

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you really want to use something like that, Harvard's CS50 has made it available freely (under their own wrapper of tools): https://ide.cs50.io

Speaking of education/CS50: we (the Codespaces/Live Share team) have actually been very excited/privileged to collaborate with the amazing CS50 team, as they've built their student experience on top of VS Code/Codespaces ( http://code.cs50.io ). Lowering the barrier of entry for learners, and supporting student success, is a huge goal of ours, and so I'm looking forward to getting our tools in the hands of more devel…

This is really cool

Re: Vscode.dev

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Post by pjot » Wed, Oct 20, 2021, 7:02 PM UTC

ravenstine wrote: post #33

This is exactly what I've been looking for. There was another site (forget the name, something-something-cloud) that supposedly did this but it seems abandoned and didn't work on any browser that I used. An online VS Code would not only make doing quick things with GitHub repos much easier but can be great for people just getting into learning programming because it doesn't require installing anything, but you are es…

Was it cloud9?[0] I remember this from a few years ago, but it seems like it was killed after they were acquired by AWS.

[0]: https://aws.amazon.com/cloud9/

Re: Vscode.dev

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Post by tills13 » Wed, Oct 20, 2021, 7:04 PM UTC

benatkin wrote: post #103

Part of the Visual Studio Code brand is that it's open source. With this snarky announcement, they've changed that. I've been using https://vscodium.com/ and who knows when there will be a web version. :(

How is this announcement snarky? Also this seems like something they could easily open-source down the road.

Re: Vscode.dev

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Post by DeathArrow » Wed, Oct 20, 2021, 7:05 PM UTC

Ok, you can use VS Code like an editor in a browser. But how are you going to compile / run the code if you can't install binaries on that machine?

Re: Vscode.dev

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Post by paxys » Wed, Oct 20, 2021, 7:06 PM UTC

It's crazy how much the dev tooling space has evolved in just the last few years. VS Code is of course a big part of it, but there are a hundred offshoots providing CI/CD, dev VPS, source control integrations, language tools, static hosting, staging, functions. The next step, IMO, is more clarity. How do all these puzzle pieces fit together, and what is the "ideal" solution for me as an individual developer or a small team to use day-to-day?

Re: Vscode.dev

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Post by jstummbillig » Wed, Oct 20, 2021, 7:06 PM UTC

DeathArrow wrote: post #124

Ok, you can use VS Code like an editor in a browser. But how are you going to compile / run the code if you can't install binaries on that machine?

What is the context of "that machine" here?

Re: Vscode.dev

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Post by echelon » Wed, Oct 20, 2021, 7:07 PM UTC

stared wrote: post #64

A modern browser environment is an OS on its own. Change my view.

You should talk to Suhail Doshi.

https://www.mightyapp.com/

Re: Vscode.dev

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Post by brundolf » Wed, Oct 20, 2021, 7:09 PM UTC

File system access being one of the main reasons to put a web app in Electron, this could be a move toward the more lightweight future that some on HN have been clamoring for

Re: Vscode.dev

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Post by whoomp12342 » Wed, Oct 20, 2021, 7:11 PM UTC

No, fuck off. I want my code running against my own cpu so I know what is going on. Thanks.

Re: Vscode.dev

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Post by paxys » Wed, Oct 20, 2021, 7:12 PM UTC

stared wrote: post #64

A modern browser environment is an OS on its own. Change my view.

That was already the case a long time ago. We have now reached the stage where individual applications running in the browser can be an OS on their own – VS Code itself is a very good example.