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mchahn on Aug 22, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: CodeSandbox

> VSCode IS running inside a browser.

I used to be a major contributor and follower of Atom. People commonly asked why Atom couldn't run in the browser. The answer was simple, node and a browser are totally different things. Imagine a browser opening files, starting processes, running arbitrary C-code, etc.

No, VSCode does not normally run in a browser.

joelhooks on Aug 22, 2018 [–]

Ives said it was relatively easy to swap out the node bits.

Vinnl on Aug 22, 2018 | [–]

He also said that the reason for that was the way the VSCode team structured the code, not because it's "running in a browser already": https://twitter.com/CompuIves/status/1031932607326371843

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