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by justncase80 3810 days ago
Have you tried this?

https://code.visualstudio.com/
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s73v3r 3810 days ago
That's an editor, not an IDE. It's basically Atom, with some specialized plugins.
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carussell 3810 days ago
It is built on Electron Shell, but vscode is a lot more than a preselected set of plugins for Atom. Most of vscode was written from scratch in TypeScript or assembled from existing (non-Atom) parts. The editors don't really share code.
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murukesh_s 3810 days ago
+1 vscode is just using Electron Shell, not entire Atom. vscode is a well executed project. During initial testing vscode seemed much more responsive than Atom to me.
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thebouv 3810 days ago
Yeah, VSCode definitely seems more responsive. I tried giving Atom a try 2-3 times now, but it always seemed "laggy" for lack of a better word.
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philliphaydon 3809 days ago
I can crash Atom pretty consistency, especially with semi large projects. VS Code I haven't managed to crash at all.
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justncase80 3810 days ago
What is the difference between an IDE and an editor? When this supports C++, be prepared for Visual Studio to disappear.

Also, it's based on Electron but doesn't have anything to do with Atom.

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stonemetal 3810 days ago
An Integrated Development Environment as the name suggests integrates all of the tools in a developer's environment: editor, compiler, debugger, source control, servers. An editor is just one part of that.
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pknopf 3810 days ago
vscode is intended to be a compiler/debugger/etc. It can already debug node/mono apps. Checkout dnx, .NET Core, and Roslyn. Soon, Visual Studio will not be needed for pure c# applications, except traditional MSBuild/csprojs and C++.
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