I really like what Microsoft is doing but what I don't understand is why are they ignoring Linux based OS, I mean why visual studio is not available for Linux?
Yes, Microsoft is doing great job :) Visual Studio is Windows only because Microsoft also wants you to buy the Windows license, it is simply one of the main streams of money for Microsoft ;)
I also think its a much bigger project to port Visual Studio to run on Linux with little ROI. Whereas VSCode being a new editor built ground up was an ideal candidate to be cross-platform.
I wouldn't say they're ignoring Linux. Sure there's no Visual Studio, but the VS Code is arguably getting better and better for majority of coding-related tasks thanks to its vast extension ecosystem. And it's available on Linux. Personally, I look at Visual Studio as more of a Windows-focused IDE - something a bit similar to e.g. XCode on MacOS.
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I really like what Microsoft is doing but what I don't understand is why are they ignoring Linux based OS, I mean why visual studio is not available for Linux?
Yes, Microsoft is doing great job :) Visual Studio is Windows only because Microsoft also wants you to buy the Windows license, it is simply one of the main streams of money for Microsoft ;)
I also think its a much bigger project to port Visual Studio to run on Linux with little ROI. Whereas VSCode being a new editor built ground up was an ideal candidate to be cross-platform.
I wouldn't say they're ignoring Linux. Sure there's no Visual Studio, but the VS Code is arguably getting better and better for majority of coding-related tasks thanks to its vast extension ecosystem. And it's available on Linux. Personally, I look at Visual Studio as more of a Windows-focused IDE - something a bit similar to e.g. XCode on MacOS.