VSCode Alpha Release Plugins and Thoughts

Question

So, I'm starting to guess that Javascript was not the best choice for using VSCode. It's almost the same as SublimeText and even slower, although the debugger and intel code are awesome and far beyond Sublime's capabilities.

The fact is that I suddenly got the inspector’s chrome frame on the right side of the window, which attracted my attention and made me work on it (it’s too bad that almost no one talks about vscode, but it’s even painful to find some information), and found out that the other person got the same weird problem. Someone told him that F12 opens the inspector, like a regular web application, so you can look under the hood (which is most likely somersault, because it doesn't make sense, maybe it's just a mistake).

The fact is that I decided to check the keystrokes, and found that Fn + Shift + Cmd + F12 opens a new window with a strange button and a web inspector, which does not have any utility at all, but it is there, so I became curious and confused it's with him for a while. Bad idea, as it crashed the whole application.

This whole story makes sense to warn that Javascript is not as stable and independent as Objective-C, since it obviously works on versions of V8 and Webkit, and yet none of them multiplies its chances of a crash.

Sublime also crashed for me a couple of times, but it’s Atom Saving (its own autosave of the operating system, which stores all changes in the file system, so application crashes do not affect files).

VSCode is not native and is in a very alpa state (version 0.1.0 as it is today), so this is a kind of feedback for them and a warning for other users posted here because there is a link for this stackoverflow community on their website and is the only feedback method created by the community.

I want them to open development so that others can contribute, or at least make SublimeText, which is not open, but supports extensibility through plugins and the python console.

Now the question is:

Is there a way to get Sublime plugins to work here?

Answer 1

The key elements you found are used internally by us to quickly debug VSCode if we notice a problem. We just forgot to delete them, sort of like Ctrl+Alt+Delete happened :).

We will remove these keybindings with our next update to avoid confusion in a couple of weeks.

We have plans to support plugins, we have made progress in this story, but we were unhappy with the API, and we decided to test and improve it again before publishing it in order to avoid as much future API breakdown as possible.

Regarding the current issue, it is not possible to run Sublime plugins in VSCode, for the same reasons that it is not possible to run Sublime plugins in Eclipse or Visual Studio. However, there is a possibility of code sharing between plugins designed for different platforms, for example, Omnisharp , which comes with VSCode and for which there is a Sublime plugin.

Answer 2

You are complaining about creating VSCode using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, not C # or Objective C. You understand that the following Apple apps with a similar hybrid approach to Objective-C and HTML, CSS, and JavaScript have appeared since day one. These are applications that millions of people use: iOS: iTunes app, iTunes Store app, app store and desktop: iTunes, App Store.

Visual Studio code is a preview, meaning something that just left the alpha stage and is in an early, early, early beta, just like a week ago. Thus, there are many things that are still missing or not yet fully working. The Visual Studio team works on three-week sprints and intends to update the product at this pace, so if you have downloaded it, do not expect it to have all the possible features. This is a preview. Explore it. If this does not match the current workflow, do not use it. Stick to what you have. But watch him, because he will develop steadily in the coming months.

Answer 3

I tried F12 in VSCode on windows and opened the Dev Tools window, which makes sense since it is built on the Atom and Chrome open source GIT editor.

Sublime plugins? No, you cannot use ST3 plugins in Atom, but hopefully we can use Atom plugins in VSCode when plugins are included in VSCode.

VSCode currently does not have any functionality for plugins, but soon he will see forum

VSCode also has a menu item for help to report problems and suggest features.

Answer 4

I also need plugins for VS Code. Since I would like the WakaTime plugin, since I spend so much time working on it :). Both on Mac and Windows.

I also discovered F12 one day, but I just thought, “Wow, pretty cool!” and nothing more. But hey, I'm webdev .. :)

It's October now, and he's still there. And I hope he stays. Just like crrl + alt + delete. @Sebastian I agree with @JimmyBoh, the whole preamble to this question is probably better suited to post on the forum. Otherwise, this question is likely to be closed as "unconstructive." To prevent others from not responding, like this :).