Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has unveiled a cross-platform code editor for the first time amid a great fanfare. The company has utilized the technology of Atom, an open source code editor of GitHub, to develop the Visual Studio Code App.
It is quite evident when you sneak into the files on Windows where you can notice a lot of files with atom.exe. You can also find a lot of Atom resources inside an OS X.
It is easy to find through looking into the properties of a file like File Description Code, version 0.1.0, type product, size 7.06 MB and its original file name Atom.exe.
An associated licensing file provides a list of Atom Project packages employed in this code editor development.
The desktop editor is based on the Electron Shell Project that was part of the Atom project.
Many firms embrace outside technology to build their editors. However, it is the first time that tech giant Microsoft has depended on outside technology from companies like GitHub to a great extent in developing a cross platform code editor.
Monaco’s version, which is commonly found in technologies like Chromium and online Visual Studio, has also been used in the editor.
According to the spokesman of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), Electron Shell technology has been used for the new project development. For the cross platform host, the company has utilized Eelctron, previously called Atom.
Standard web technologies like JavaScript, CSS and HTML, are utilized for the Visual Studio Code. The Electron has allowed the company to put in more efforts to improve features like code navigation, editing and debugging. As a result, the company will introduce these features on Linux, Mac OSX, and Windows.
What are the benefits of the new tool Visual Studio Code?
Visual Studio Code, which is unveiled today for Linux and Mac OS, allows easy development of .Net code on Linux based machines.
It is for the first time that Microsoft has introduced cross-platform editor to make the development easy across the platforms.
Users can download Visual Studio Code starting today. It is of lightweight and allows completing Visual Studio Product.
