If it has borrowed any concepts from Eclipse IDE (like workspaces and hidden dirs stuffed with XML)... it’s a hard pass for me.
Eclipse Theia 1.0 – Open-Source Alternative to Visual Studio Code
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Re: Eclipse Theia 1.0 – Open-Source Alternative to Visual Studio Code
#52I think the only way to beat vs code at this point is to implement IDE in a native language without GC. VSCode , eclipse etc can be very sluggish on large-ish projects, slow downs accumulate with code base size growth leading to usability problems, slow autocompletion etc.
So you mean Sublime Text? (Yes I understand it isn't open source)
Re: Eclipse Theia 1.0 – Open-Source Alternative to Visual Studio Code
#53What non OSS things are there to vscode? Is it the controversial telemetry stuff they’re doing that’s causing forks?
The installer and binaries distributed from Microsoft are not OSS.
So build it yourself? Like seriously are we really nitpicking over the installer and binaries now which the source is available for the actual product? It really feels like the industry is never happy if it has anything to do with microsoft.
Re: Eclipse Theia 1.0 – Open-Source Alternative to Visual Studio Code
#54I tend to ignore what the Eclipse foundation is producing because of their poor development of the Eclipse IDE; they do have a point though when they mention true open source. VS Code is excellent, but is backed by a for profit enterprise, the same enterprise that now backs the Atom editor. There are a number concerns pending when our development and infrastructure eco systems are open source but controlled by for pr…
Just because you use VS Code doesn't mean your have to use Github, Team or Azure.
Re: Eclipse Theia 1.0 – Open-Source Alternative to Visual Studio Code
#55People still hate microsoft? I thought we were all supposed to hate google now and they are a contributor of this project.
Re: Eclipse Theia 1.0 – Open-Source Alternative to Visual Studio Code
#56But why ? What is the point ? There is already Visual Studio(free community edition equivalent to Professional Edition), Visual Studio Code, IntelliJ. Why waste more time and effort to re-invent the wheel ? As OSS project, it will not be able to keep-up with changes to MSBuild and .NET
Why not ? You have a problem with extra options that you don't have to use ?
But it's not really cause its using parts of vscode on the backend to even function, so it really seems like their just trying to make it seem like more than it is, which is their cloud-editor project.
Re: Eclipse Theia 1.0 – Open-Source Alternative to Visual Studio Code
#57Attacking an open-source software to promote another open-source software. You needed to do better dear Eclipse Foundation. This isn't the philosophy behind open-source.
edit: Wait. Is this an early April fools' day joke?
Re: Eclipse Theia 1.0 – Open-Source Alternative to Visual Studio Code
#58What are the problems with VSCode? I'm all for making alternatives if they are closed or you need to pay, but I believe Microsoft is doing a good service with all the regular and frequent updates to VSCode. Correct me if I missed something.
I think they want to allow a non Microsoft branded version they can bundle with their software. So for example if you buy the ARM commercial compilers, this will come as the bundled code editor.
Re: Eclipse Theia 1.0 – Open-Source Alternative to Visual Studio Code
#59OK, I'll bite... "...that enable developers, organizations, and vendors to create new, extensible solutions that avoid the fees associated with VS Code." What fees are they talking about? VS Code is not my regular editor, but the whole thing seems to indicate confusion between "Visual Studio" and "Visual Studio Code". I am missing something or is the Eclipse Foundation really conflating the two?
Yeah, I don't see the point of this, either. If you're looking for an alternative to Visual Studio Code, isn't that what VS Codium is for?
Why switch from VS Code to Codium? That makes even less sense than a switch to Eclipse.
If you're on VS Code, just use VS Code. If you're on Eclipse, just use Eclipse.
But yeah, get to market. Quibbling over quasi-religious beliefs, like X is better than Y, is exactly what allows some kid on his couch in his boxers watching SportsCenter while working on his website to beat your funded startup to market.
Re: Eclipse Theia 1.0 – Open-Source Alternative to Visual Studio Code
#60I was confused why the screenshot on the homepage ( https://theia-ide.org/ ) looked so outrageously similar to VSCode, so I checked the source. It looks like the editor widget is Monaco (from VSCode) so the text editing experience is entirely based on VSCode and Theia provides an alternative for the surrounding IDE stuff. Then they added a theme that imitates VSCode as much as possible to create the screenshot on the…
This is like hypocrisy dying a thousand deaths. If you hate MS why use their editor?