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Atom 1.33 Release and 1.34 Beta

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    feigneddork
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    Rust Support! I've been meaning to give Rust a go these days, but I never find the time. Atom seems pretty cool and I'm glad Github are still developing on it, but I'm wondering if they have fixed...

    Rust Support! I've been meaning to give Rust a go these days, but I never find the time.

    Atom seems pretty cool and I'm glad Github are still developing on it, but I'm wondering if they have fixed any of the performance issues that are associated with Electron apps? Visual Studio Code has pretty much stepped up in this area and it's honestly the best text editor I've ever used in a long time, making me migrate from a paid copy of Sublime Text.

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      poopfeast6969
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      I would be interested in some kind of vs code and atom optimisation comparison, because the difference is like night and day. Their feature set is very similar and they both use electron, what is...

      I would be interested in some kind of vs code and atom optimisation comparison, because the difference is like night and day.
      Their feature set is very similar and they both use electron, what is atom doing wrong I wonder?

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        1. feigneddork
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          From what I remember back when it first came out, Microsoft really went out of their way to stop slowness by reducing the amount of work done in the UI thread - things like only rendering certain...

          From what I remember back when it first came out, Microsoft really went out of their way to stop slowness by reducing the amount of work done in the UI thread - things like only rendering certain portions of the app rather than all of it in one go, even when there were very few things needed to be re-rendered, and looking back I can see they even addressed IntelliSense lag - the release notes don't offer much detail on how they did it (which is a shame) but it's clear Microsoft have been gunning for performance from at least very early on if not since the start.

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  2. clone1
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    I used atom for a few months a while back before I switched to the best text editor, and my main problem is just how slow it is. Sure, it's flashy looking and ultra-modern, has good customization...

    I used atom for a few months a while back before I switched to the best text editor, and my main problem is just how slow it is. Sure, it's flashy looking and ultra-modern, has good customization and options, but since it's written in electron it's just plain slow sometimes, most notably when opening large files. I really dislike the electron trend. I don't think desktop apps, least of all a text editor need to be essentially web apps.

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