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Why did VS Code choose Electron? 🤔 The team wanted a lightweight editor with the rich language support and debugging tools developers need, while keeping the same web technologies across platforms. 🍿 Watch The Story of VS Code: #vscode #storyofvscode #electron

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Unnec Trycat1 day ago

Yeah, they're all Electron. Guess who eats the least memory?

Jomas1 day ago

Rewrite VSC in Rust, I can do the job if you hire me.

Next Tech Creations | Zentrox2 days ago

"lightweight"

Coding with Morgan2 days ago

electron was the right call for vs code and the wrong call for everyone who copied it. the difference is microsoft had a real reason, most apps just wanted a shortcut

Viber · fireply.ai2 days ago

honestly the right call, one codebase everywhere is how you move fast

Luke Bank1 day ago

but my ram seems unhappy :(

nik1 day ago

electron and light weight editor?

Kang Cahya Keren 🛡️➡️1 day ago

😁

qman1 day ago

The team forked atom lol

Harrison Wells 1 day ago

Tauri is better than electron

Raven2 days ago

the editor is lightweight; Chromium is carrying the luggage

Hridibrata saha1 day ago

Can you rewite it in natives like winui 3 and Swift

Devlom1 day ago

electron lightweight? wtf?

*۫۫۫۫۫۫۫۫۫۫雨۫۫۫۫۫۫۫۫۫樱۫۫۫۫۫۫۫۫۫۫落𝗭𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗢𝗥𝗽23 hours ago

A lightweight editor? So you choose electron? Are you serious? And actually VS Code is not lightweight at all!

Brook Araya1 day ago

That's because computers need electricity to run. 😂😂😂

avery1 day ago

*taps sign*

Wren Castellan2 days ago

electron was a pretty smart bet. crazy how much of modern dev tooling grew out of that choice

Niko Gogitadze1 day ago

lightweight and electron?

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