Is the lack of Java support because everybody thinks IntelliJ runs the table so why bother?
Zed, a collaborative code editor, is now open source
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Re: Zed, a collaborative code editor, is now open source
#592Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think linux + osx combined is probably developer majority. I'm assuming most Windows development is .NET or Unity based. Over the past nine years, I've worked primarily with Node, Ruby, and a smidgen of Java and no employer has issued Windows machine. It's in sharp contrast with the start of my career where I was in VB6 and C# where I only worked with Windows environments. Could be confirmation bias, though.
Windows is a great platform for developing any language or platform, not just .Net. Personally I think it blows macOS and its dated tools out of the water in any category https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2023/#section-most-popular-t... Stackoverflow found that Linux and macOS is the slight majority for professional use and the minority for personal use with developers (with the caveat that the total professional use o…
Just curious what tools are you missing on MacOS or Linux that are found on Windows?
I have been on MacOS the last 8 years or so but before that was all Windows and Linux. I prefer MacOS now but curious what I am missing. My colleagues that are using Windows machines all use WSL with dev containers so really just using Linux under the hood.
My experience is that pretty much everything is cross platform these days. I don’t do .Net or game dev though. Just Go, Java and some NodeJS these days.
Re: Zed, a collaborative code editor, is now open source
#593I am not in a market for a new editor... not even a little bit.
But overwhelming positive experiences here, that I read, people being happy with using it made me try it out.
It really feels different and better. Can't say why and what it is. But first impression is very positive, even the theme, I didn't feel the need to change it.
Re: Zed, a collaborative code editor, is now open source
#594I'm generally a big fan of zed and have been using it for 60%ish of my dev time for 6 months or so. A couple of nice things to note: - It really is remarkably responsive,and makes one really notice how UNresponsive everything else is. I have reasonably fast machines, so we're not talking about the difference between 5ms typing lag and 500ms, but it's still pretty surprising. VSCode never felt slow on my macs until I…
Re Ollama in Zed
It’s very early, but I’ve been building a “trigger command/script and have it output anywhere” project that you could use as a bandaid solution.
I added Ollama support (you can specify model in settings)
https://github.com/jasonjmcghee/plock
It works wherever you are
Re: Zed, a collaborative code editor, is now open source
#595Earlier quoted context omitted.
Collaborative editors I presume you mean? Because 99% of popular editors have linux builds. Anyway, the VSCode plugin ecosystem is probably your best bet there: https://code.visualstudio.com/learn/collaboration/live-share
Precisely, I'm looking for collaborative editors. Thanks for the suggestion, I hadn't seen this one. Unfortunately, it seems that this plugin only shares the editor window and does not keep a local copy of the files. I was wishing for something that would let both sides run & compile the code during the editing session, without having to stop for git push. https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/live-share/issues/3524
Jetbrains allows both users to execute / debug but it’s all on the host machine.
What you’re talking about sounds like you should do an rsync script that watches file changes, but seems like a good way to constantly be breaking the other persons workflow.
git solves these problems- feels like the right tool. But maybe I’m missing something about your workflow
Re: Zed, a collaborative code editor, is now open source
#596I was excited, but then I saw it was Mac only. Weird choice, most programmers will never even look at this editor.
yes, the title of this post should be, "Zed, a collaborative Mac-only code editor....". I also find it kind of obnoxious that their front page says they are focused on making the world's best code editor without mentioning that it is tied to one platform. I don't think it can come close to being the best editor with such limitations.
> focused on making
So it is not done yet is it? One platform is apparently not the goal for them.
Re: Zed, a collaborative code editor, is now open source
#597Earlier quoted context omitted.
The dev profession is notoriously dominated by Apple. It’s weird to say that something that’s only for Mac is not for developers.
That's most definitely a US centric view. There's a much bigger world out there
As someone who is not from US I feel your point. But they are US company. We are here on US site.
Re: Zed, a collaborative code editor, is now open source
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Yeah, it's pretty annoying for any long-time vim user to not be able to use the macros, which Zed doesn't support. Biggest issue I've had with this editor for sure.
First thing I did after downloading Zed was to try macros in vim mode. It doesn't have a vim mode if there is no macro support. Plain and simple.
Yeah it’s a pity because otherwise zed is snappier than actual nvim for me with various extensions installed
Re: Zed, a collaborative code editor, is now open source
#599Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think linux + osx combined is probably developer majority. I'm assuming most Windows development is .NET or Unity based. Over the past nine years, I've worked primarily with Node, Ruby, and a smidgen of Java and no employer has issued Windows machine. It's in sharp contrast with the start of my career where I was in VB6 and C# where I only worked with Windows environments. Could be confirmation bias, though.
Windows is a great platform for developing any language or platform, not just .Net. Personally I think it blows macOS and its dated tools out of the water in any category https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2023/#section-most-popular-t... Stackoverflow found that Linux and macOS is the slight majority for professional use and the minority for personal use with developers (with the caveat that the total professional use o…
I agree. Long time Linux engineer who prefers Windows to OSX as a desktop OS. Currently use a Windows workstation with WSL and VSCode as a daily driver. I feel this currently gets me the best of both worlds(Windows/Linux).
Re: Zed, a collaborative code editor, is now open source
#600Earlier quoted context omitted.
Windows is a great platform for developing any language or platform, not just .Net. Personally I think it blows macOS and its dated tools out of the water in any category https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2023/#section-most-popular-t... Stackoverflow found that Linux and macOS is the slight majority for professional use and the minority for personal use with developers (with the caveat that the total professional use o…
Just curious what tools are you missing on MacOS or Linux that are found on Windows? I have been on MacOS the last 8 years or so but before that was all Windows and Linux. I prefer MacOS now but curious what I am missing. My colleagues that are using Windows machines all use WSL with dev containers so really just using Linux under the hood. My experience is that pretty much everything is cross platform these days. I…
> so really just using Linux under the hood
Yeah, but with Windows GUI along with fractional scaling, device, and etc support haha. I've developed on both bare Linux and for years in Linux VMs. Saying Windows+WSL is "really just linux under the hood" does this setup a massive disservice. It makes me smile every time I type WSL into the terminal lol.