CJcjfont·Dec 21, 2015Submission
Source Code of MS Visual Studio Code
1 points · Open discussionmicrosoft
vscode
TypeScript2015–2026
microsoft / vscode
vscode
Visual Studio Code
573Distinct people
730Mentions
8Explicit recommenders
195.3KGitHub stars
What to know before exploring
What it is
Visual Studio Code
GitHub
Where it is used
- OWASP cve-lite-cli (examples / case studies) — The OWASP cve-lite-cli repository (examples/readme.md) includes an explicit in-repo snapshot/case study that names microsoft/vscode and describes scanning its root lockfile as an example dataset. Source
What people are saying
My favorite new CSS feature is the Custom Highlight API, which allows you to style arbitrary (and potentially overlapping!) text ranges without needing to create ad hoc <span>…
aragonite used a recommendation phrase. 9 indexed comments match. This is a phrase match, not a verdict.
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Also in these discussions
- vscodium/vscodium · linked in 7 of the same discussions
- microsoft/typescript · linked in 3 of the same discussions
- microsoft/vscode-extension-telemetry · linked in 3 of the same discussions
Mentioned in the same Hacker News threads. That is not proof they are substitutes.
This week on Hacker News
Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 7:02:50 PM UTC.
No direct repository links were found in the indexed HN discussions over the past seven days. Older discussions are available below.
Mentions over time
HN mentions by year730 dated mentions
Observed mentions: 2015-11-18 15:52:45 UTC to 2026-10-30 18:10:55 UTC.
* An incomplete calendar period is marked with an outlined bar. Its count is not directly comparable with a full period.
Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 7 | 2 | 5 |
| 2016 | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 77 | 3 | 74 |
| 2017 | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 89 | 16 | 73 |
| 2018 | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 67 | 9 | 58 |
| 2019 | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 55 | 11 | 44 |
| 2020 | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 74 | 13 | 61 |
| 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 67 | 8 | 59 |
| 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 49 | 8 | 41 |
| 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 67 | 15 | 52 |
| 2024 | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 60 | 15 | 45 |
| 2025 | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 59 | 14 | 45 |
| 2026 (partial) | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 59 | 16 | 43 |
What Hacker News says
7 sourcesVisual Studio Code is also excellent and open source: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode
In 1984 – When women stopped codingHi! I'm having trouble with both of these.
https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/95 https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/81
Also can you comment on why a jsconfig.json file is needed, as opposed to some in-editor setting, or reading from the config files the user already has installed, like an .eslintrc?
In Visual Studio Code is now open sourceIt's coming. https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/wiki/Roadmap
In Visual Studio Code is now open sourceThanks Micah, we just added it to the roadmap at https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/wiki/Roadmap.
In Visual Studio Code is now open sourceTL;DR In addition to switching from "preview" to "beta", Microsoft is open-sourcing Visual Studio Code (https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode) and adding plugin support.
In Announcing Visual Studio Code BetaVisual Studio Code Is Now Open Source on GitHub
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