re: Microsoft BUILD 2015: Developers Rejoice!

I'm almost certain they used Electron. I've been using Atom more and more recently, and I can definitely see the similarities. I'm a WebStorm guy, but I really like Atom. It's amazing for when you want to just throw a few things together. It basically does for me now what Sublime Text did for me in the past. Having something like Code built into Windows 10 in a similar fashion to Notepad as a quick but viable code editor without requiring someone to go out and find one would be awesome. It has just enough features to really be viable without being overwhelming like VS seems to be for a lot of people.

I think what excites me the most about all of this is Microsoft's new approach towards developers and their software ecosystem. Before it was very much about pushing Microsoft products in your face, but now, they're open sourcing projects, supporting things like io.js and node.js without shame, and overall, working to make Windows better for developers. Hell, they're even working on a real package manager, and in the Welcome tab for Code, they recommend scaffolding with Yeoman. Before Satya, that shite wasn't happening at all. Maybe they've finally realized that when developers love you, they'll really push to support you. If they stay on this track, they're going to do some awesome things.

Also, I just saw that they're using a site with feature requests that are voted on to determine what features to work towards and prioritize for Code, and they plan for the pace of shipping features to be pretty quick. As long as they don't bog it down, that'd be really, really cool.