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Visual Studio Code April 2017

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Re: Visual Studio Code April 2017

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Post by arvinsim »

The most interesting part for me here is type checking for plain JS files. I love that they can inferred using JS Docs.

It let's me try out the benefits of type checking without having to setup TypeScript.

Re: Visual Studio Code April 2017

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Post by revmoo »

chillee wrote: post #11

Since it first popped up on my radar last summer, VSCode has quickly become my favorite editor. A combination of great features that are a pain/poorly done in other editors (intellisense for many languages, a proper debugger, an integrated terminal that's just as fast as my actual terminal (I've actually gotten into the workflow of opening up huge files in vim in the integrated terminal), etc.) make VSCode amazing. E…

Note to anyone considering vscode; educate yourself on the telemetry and tracking embedded in this app before blindly installing it

Re: Visual Studio Code April 2017

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Post by Analemma_ »

codegeek wrote: post #4

vscode just keeps winning. Who cares if it is written in electron (we love to hate electron). Cross Platform, 100% FREE. Open Source and so much support. Tons of good plugins already. Keep up the good work vscode team!!

It's a good example of how Electron is no excuse for sluggish apps: VSC is very snappy until you start getting really huge files. Don't blame the runtime for your crappy code!

Re: Visual Studio Code April 2017

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Post by infogulch »

chillee wrote: post #11

Since it first popped up on my radar last summer, VSCode has quickly become my favorite editor. A combination of great features that are a pain/poorly done in other editors (intellisense for many languages, a proper debugger, an integrated terminal that's just as fast as my actual terminal (I've actually gotten into the workflow of opening up huge files in vim in the integrated terminal), etc.) make VSCode amazing. E…

I've contributed to VSCodeVim as well (remember way back when undoing a long insert would delete each character one at a time? I fixed that!) it's actually pretty approachable and nice to contribute to.

Re: Visual Studio Code April 2017

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Post by valuearb »

remyp wrote: post #5

I love VS Code, but is anyone else getting a lot of flickering/redraws (particularly around the cursor) on OSX since the update?

I can't even get it to install on MacOS, I get an app with a crossed out circle over it and "The application can't be opened" when I double click it.

Re: Visual Studio Code April 2017

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Post by valuearb »

baumandm wrote: post #38
valuearb wrote: post #36

Won't run on MacOS Sierra

I'm running MacOS Sierra and upgraded today, no issues so far.

It's supposed to be an archive when I download it, but it's an application. When I double click it I get "The application “Visual Studio Code” can’t be opened.".

It won't open in Archive Utility because it's an app. I can run Electron from within it's package, and it opens VS Code, but that seems janky.

Re: Visual Studio Code April 2017

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Post by IshKebab »

Analemma_ wrote: post #34
codegeek wrote: post #4

vscode just keeps winning. Who cares if it is written in electron (we love to hate electron). Cross Platform, 100% FREE. Open Source and so much support. Tons of good plugins already. Keep up the good work vscode team!!

It's a good example of how Electron is no excuse for sluggish apps: VSC is very snappy until you start getting really huge files. Don't blame the runtime for your crappy code!

That logic doesn't really follow. I remember reading that the VSC people put a lot of work into making sure it is still fast despite Electron.

Not everyone can do that, so it would be better if the framework was 'fast by default'.

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