EezyvilleJun 29, 2024

Open Source 'Eclipse Theia IDE' Exits Beta to Challenge Visual Studio Code -- Visual Studio Magazine

https://sh.itjust.works/post/21526072

Open Source 'Eclipse Theia IDE' Exits Beta to Challenge Visual Studio Code -- Visual Studio Magazine - sh.itjust.works

The project home page. [https://theia-ide.org] The Github [https://github.com/eclipse-theia/theia] Looks just like VS Code and I think it’s still built on electron so take that as you will.

Show threadonlinepersonaJun 29, 2024

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

Deed - Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International - Creative Commons

Show threadcalcopiritus
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.
Jun 29, 2024 at 6:35amWeb
Show threadHakFooJun 29, 2024

Chromebooks maybe?

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

Show threadSwudenJun 29, 2024
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.
Show threadunalivejoyJul 1, 2024
But the best (fastest) plugins aren’t written in js.
Show threadSwudenJul 1, 2024
I don’t disagree, but that’s not what most people care about.
Show threadqazJun 29, 2024
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.
Show threadfruitycoderJun 30, 2024
I know when I was reaserching this as an option for secure development there was a pretty much just this group and jupyter notebooks.