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		Sleaker on April 29, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Microsoft Launches Visual Studio Code, a Free Cros... I'd just like to point out that this is simply a re-branded version of Atom.io, with additional plugins.

atonse on April 30, 2015 [–]

Actually, no it isn't. The runtime is based on Electron (formerly Atom Shell). But the code editor has been entirely built by MS and been used on their Azure console.

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