Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by bad_user 4013 days ago
Funny, as VS Code is based on Atom.
2 comments
wisew 4013 days ago
VS Code is not based on Atom - it's built on Electron, the app framework Atom is also built on, and uses some of the same Node packages Atom developed.
link
bad_user 4012 days ago
Electron was extracted from Atom and was originally named Atom Shell. I don't see your point.
link
wisew 4012 days ago
Electron was also not extracted from Atom - it was always extracted as atom-shell. It was just rebranded as Electron. Atom ≠ atom-shell.
link
bad_user 4012 days ago
Maybe we aren't speaking the same language. Here's what it says on electron.atom.io:

"Initially developed for GitHub's Atom editor"

So what are we talking about?

link
rplnt 4012 days ago
"for" does not equal "as part of".
link
Touche 4013 days ago
No it's not.
link