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Open Source 'Eclipse Theia IDE' Exits Beta to Challenge Visual Studio Code -- Visual Studio Magazine (visualstudiomagazine.com)

submitted 5 months ago by Eezyville@sh.itjust.works to c/programming@programming.dev

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The project home page.

The Github

Looks just like VS Code and I think it's still built on electron so take that as you will.

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[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

It seems to be built on the same components as VScode and VScodium. Honestly, I don't see the point... yeah, sure, they want their editor to work on the web, but couldn't they have don't that with a GUI lib that compiles to WASM?

It feels like it's only for open source purists aka a minority.

Anti Commercial-AI license

[–] calcopiritus@lemmy.world 14 points 5 months ago (4 children)

I feel like browser support is such a niche. I don't understand why many IDEs dedicate so many resources to make it work on the browser. There are already many options to code on the web if you need it.

[–] Swuden@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Pretty sure it’s to enable extensions written in JS. These apps build their success on a rich ecosystem of plugins. And, like it or not, JS plays a big part in that.

[–] joyjoy@lemm.ee 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

But the best (fastest) plugins aren't written in js.

[–] Swuden@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

I don’t disagree, but that’s not what most people care about.

[–] HakFoo@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 5 months ago

Chromebooks maybe?

I always figured the browser part mostly falls out of doing the Electron-for-cross-platform thing.

[–] fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago

I know when I was reaserching this as an option for secure development there was a pretty much just this group and jupyter notebooks.

[–] qaz@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

It's a lot easier to run web apps on the desktop than the opposite and there are a lot more people with experience developing with HTML/CSS/JS.

[–] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yeah I agree, it seems to be built on the same components as VScode and VScodium. Honestly, I don't see the point... yeah, sure, they want their editor to work on the web, but couldn't they have don't that with a GUI lib that compiles to WASM?

Yeah I agree, it feels like it's only for open source purists aka a minority.

[–] barsquid@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

You have to follow the attribution and share-alike parts of the license. Otherwise you'll have the same consequences as an AI company would scraping it (still zero).