On Sat, 13 Feb 2021 00:08:24 +0000
Pancho  wrote:

> On 12/02/2021 20:19, Martin Gregorie wrote:
> > On Fri, 12 Feb 2021 13:36:50 -0600, TCW wrote:
> >
> >> This is probably somewhat related to the MS repo stuff but I
> >> thought I'd pass it along for interested parties:
> >> https://betanews.com/2021/02/12/microsoft-visual-studio-code-raspberry-
> >>
> > pi/
> >
> > This has pretty much been done to death: those who don't want it
> > have probably installed it already while those who don't will have
> > made sure the M$ repo isn't in their sources.list because
> > apparently lookups are slow.
> >
> > So, why have you brought it up again?
> >
> >
> I think the guy is talking about the VSCode, a code editor/light
> weight ide.
>
> I have used it a little to develop code for the rpi, it looks
> promising. However I develop on the PC and run the produced code on a
> headless rpi, as opposed to running VSCode native on a rpi desktop.
>
>

Yes, I wondered why anyone would actually write code on an RPi. Anyone
who really wants to use VS rather than, say, emacs, will surely want to
use the real thing on its native Windows, and cross-compile.

The Pi4 is now fairly powerful, but that's in comparison to phones and
earlier Pis, not compared to a recent workstation or expensive laptop.

--
Joe

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