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Re: Code together in real time with Teletype for Atom

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Post by frik »

maxbrunsfeld wrote: post #72
frik wrote: post #68

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What are the current plans about Coffeescript? I just looked at the code on Github, it says 85% Javascript, 12% Coffeescript. Is the plan to port the 12% to JS6? (and hopefully not Typescript) Great work with Atom editor. I successfully conviced my friends to move from VSC to Atom on macOS.

Thanks! Yeah all of the CoffeeScript in atom/atom should be gone in a few months probably. We use plain JS now. It'll probably take a while before there's no more CoffeeScript in the entire Atom org . We're gradually converting the code to JS as we come upon it for other reasons.

Thanks!

Re: Code together in real time with Teletype for Atom

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Post by _ea1k »

g051051 wrote: post #44
bad_user wrote: post #35

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Microsoft is not known for finesse in their marketing tactics. Just had a déjà vu with Microsoft's NetPC, announced just after Sun Microsystem's Network Computers. That said, I do like VS Code very much. Gave Atom a try, but it felt sluggish and its add-ons were very fragile.

VS Code is certainly neat, but with the rush to cram everything into it, it's starting to feel more like emacs than vi.

So you think it is awesome then?

Re: Code together in real time with Teletype for Atom

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Post by Syntaf »

killnine wrote: post #6

Really gave atom a hard try. Back to notepad after a few months. The add-ons are the only advantage, but are grossly overshadowed by the resource consumption this behemoth requires.

As did I, but I just couldn't get over how slow it was.

Startup time on windows was rough, meaning I had to remove it as a default editor almost immediately for most filetypes. Worse off, opening large files would grind Atom to a halt and usually lock the editor up.

Beyond the performance, I thought it was a great text editor. The problem is I just have no use for a slow-to-start editor when I can just DL vscode and get the same features with considerably better performance.

Re: Code together in real time with Teletype for Atom

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Post by valesco »

maxbrunsfeld wrote: post #54
discreditable wrote: post #36

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Why am I expected to have a workstation-class laptop to run my text editor?

You really aren't. Atom runs fine on a Macbook Air. There are definitely performance issues, but we're addressing them; it's just that our team is small and our initial goal at launch was to produce the most hackable text editor possible.

I had to drop Atom when it began launching white flashes when scrolling on a 2011 MBA. I saw that this was a recurring problem. Is that an issue that is being addressed?

Re: Code together in real time with Teletype for Atom

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Post by frizkie »

martinsuchan wrote: post #16
AriaMinaei wrote: post #2

Is it only a coincidence that real-time collaboration is being announced both for Atom and VS Code ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15704376 ) at the same time?

Wouldn't it be nice for VS Live Share and Teletype to be compatible on protocol-level?

That would be nice. https://xkcd.com/927/

Re: Code together in real time with Teletype for Atom

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Post by marcoms »

frik wrote: post #80
free_everybody wrote: post #73

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What's wrong with Typescript? Also, why does it matter to you? Genuinely curious.

Curious, Why does it matter to you? On the Atom.io website https://atom.io/ it reads "A hackable text editor for the 21st Century". Well I can code in JavaScript 5 and 6. I love love it when a project sticks to web standard, and not have to worry about slangs I don't care about. > Typescript is great at catching bugs The same with JavaScript. Google Closure compiler and anyway most IDEs "understand" JavaScript too an…

Typescript is great at catching bugs which would trickle down to the end user

Re: Code together in real time with Teletype for Atom

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Post by g051051 »

_ea1k wrote: post #82
g051051 wrote: post #44

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VS Code is certainly neat, but with the rush to cram everything into it, it's starting to feel more like emacs than vi.

So you think it is awesome then?

Nothing but love for emacs, props to those who use it.

Re: Code together in real time with Teletype for Atom

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Post by smilbandit »

amadeusw wrote: post #30
JPKab wrote: post #8

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The fact that VS Code's version isn't ready yet, and Atom's is makes me think that Microsoft wanted to respond to Atom's announcement. But I honestly have no idea if that's the case. Just pure speculation. Edit: Atom's announcement was yesterday. Microsoft's was today. That further fuels my speculative hunch. :)

Microsoft employee here. Today is also the Connect conference. My colleagues who worked on live share knew all along that Connect is their deadline. Which makes me curious, does Github know what Microsoft is going to announce at their conference, or did Microsoft knew what Github is building?

not sure it really matters, either way, we win :) By we I mean coders.
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