| Re: [che-dev] Theia vs. VS Code |
Hi Barry,
If your goal is to ensure that your plug-ins are integrated into Che,
then I think it does not make a huge difference.
The VS Code API compatibility in Theia was intended to make it as easy
as possible for people to take existing VS Code plug-ins and get them
working as Che plug-ins with the Theia IDE. We do not have 100% API
coverage at this point.
If you are taking Che 6 plug-ins and targeting Che 7, there is
(unfortunately) no easy migration path or shim layer at this time.
Given all of this, here is generalized advice in the form of a decision
tree:
* If you have an existing VS Code plug-in:
- Check whether we have complete coverage of the plug-in APIs and
commands you use: https://github.com/theia-ide/theia-vscodecov
- "Port" your plug-in to Theia by either implementing the missing APIs
for Theia, or working around using those API calls in your plug-in
* If you plan to target VS Code and Che with your plug-in:
- Check the overall API coverage for Theia here:
https://che-incubator.github.io/vscode-theia-comparator/status.html
- Develop your plug-in using VS Code APIs, restricting usage to API
calls implemented both in Theia and in VS Code
* If your primary target platform is Eclipse Che:
- I would target Theia APIs - they are documented, and work now:
https://www.theia-ide.org/doc/authoring_plugins
It's entirely possible that other people would disagree with me on this
last point.
I hope this helps!
Thanks,
Dave.
On 05/04/2019 08:58, Dresdner, Barry wrote:
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> Hi,
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> A few weeks back, in a Che Dev meeting, it was mentioned that extensions
> should be written in VS Code rather than Theia. We just want to make
> sure we understand this correctly. Is this actually the case, or should
> we be writing our extensions in Theia?
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> Thank you,
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> Barry Dresdner
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