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

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

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

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