On 13/02/2021 09:57, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote:
> On Sat, 13 Feb 2021 08:49:33 +0000
> Joe  wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
>  Compared to most of the machines I've developed software on the Pi4
> is a supercomputer! It makes the finest workstation ever produced by Sun,
> Apollo or even SGI look like a toy. It is a sad testimony to bloat that you
> find it inadequate to run an IDE.
>

VSCode, I would not run on a slow Pi with limited memory.
Unless it's a small project.

The interface features intellisence features that in the background may
cause foreground sluggishness, if you are strapped for memory. Could say
typical bloated microsoft, but worthwhile persevering with. The built-in
Git support is really good.

There are plenty of second user PC's below £100/$100 that are more than
capable. Lenovo make really nice tiny PC things like the M73, M710q etc....

I mentioned the https://theia-ide.org/ project (as it's VSCode based,
but open source). I actually run that on a M73 (Core i3 2.9GHz), and can
access and code on it fast on anything that runs a web browser.

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Adrian C

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