Many times, how developers / (manager that think it is a great idea) design an application and how users, use an application do not intersect. You might be very capable of understanding the details here, but I think a new CS student who's maybe just heard of open source and knows a little bit about it could be forgiven for conflating these claims with the idea that VSCode is FOSS. Everything about this interaction design wants you to just mindlessly install the extensions VSCode suggests to you, and I would wager this is what a lot of users end up doing.Īlso if you look at the VSCode homepage, very close to the top of the page you get these marketing claims: There's also no link on the popup to read up on the licensing terms.
The simplest way to get rid of this popup is to simply install the extension. If I open a code file and VSCode has a suggested extension for the file type, I will see an animated popup in the bottom of the screen, with a button to install. The UX decisions of VSCode go against this kind of careful consideration of licencing implications. > When I add an extension to my IDE, I make sure I understand the licencing implications. I'd be interested to hear any other feature of VScode that you think is as compelling, without parallel in any other editor. Every other feature of VScode I've found a similar or better solution in every other editor. You just can't replicate the experience in any other editor as easily. The only reason I ever boot up VScode is for those features. I've also used JetBrains products for years. I used to use vim and now emacs for everything.
It also makes pair programming extremely easy. It's way easier to tell your designer friend to boot up VScode and click on a link to your live app running locally than almost any other solution I've found. As someone who thoroughly enjoys collaborative programming, I can tell you that these features are extremely compelling. I suspect many devs do not like collaborative programming in general, and so may never use them or like them if they have. I'm curious if you've used the live share features personally, and if you have if you've found value in them. That's why I chose to re-reference the original article. I don't agree with the word choice of the parent, but I think the argument stands if you replace "critical" and "core" with "best".
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