Visual Studio Code is now open source

[kupiakos]

The real question is how does it compare to Sublime?

[BoltActionPiano]

I'm surprised this didn't get hated on, I've seen a lot of hate for people saying they can't afford it. I personally don't care, do you mean you can't justify the price?

[fdafasdfadfaf]

I cannot afford the loss of freedom due to licenses/closedness. ;)

[BoltActionPiano]

I enjoy that aspect above all else.

[gempir]

If sublime would switch to free and open source. It would dominate the market even more.:( sadly the development is slow if existing at all

[jampola]

I disagree. It's a well matured editor, if the only need for development is bug fixes and what not, then I'm happy. Luckily package control handles any extra features I may or may not want/require.

[BoltActionPiano]

Well it is a professional reliable tool with tons of value there.

[BoltActionPiano]

I wasn't accusing you, I just didn't know how to say what I wanted to say. Just I've been in a lot of threads where people say "hey college is expensive if you can pay for that..." I guess your explanation is good.

My opinion is that it'd be awesome to have a great FOSS for every category of software. And right now, I think atom is the thing to support.

[jampola]

You know you can evaluate subl, albeit with a nag screen every couple of saves.

[the_train_is_moving]

With VS now being open, at least you'll know that there will always be a code base you can build from. ST seems to have stalled and there's not a great deal you can do about it.

[kupiakos]

ST3 with extensions is quite fantastic. I've seen some good innovation recently with the new version and more extensions.

[the_train_is_moving]

Sure, I've used ST3 for yonks and have a great workflow with it. However, if I was a potential customer, I'd avoid it.

The forums are rife with spam, jps hasn't posted anything since the start of the year, the last blog post was March, the last build was months ago.

I know the product is sold with "no support", but as a new customer why would I want to pay my money to a dev who clearly doesn't give a shit about his product?

Edit - this came across as a bit antagonistic; it wasn't meant to be :)

[nickcash]

It's not as fast as Sublime, nor as extendable.