Eclipse Theia Vs Che Vs VS Code.Pdf

Eclipse Theia vs Che vs VS Code

Jonas Helming EclipseSource

Agenda

● VS Code vs. Eclipse Theia

● VS Codespaces vs. Eclipse Che

● Conclusion

Eclipse Theia vs. VS Code (online, project)

What is VS Code?

● An extensible Code Editor / IDE

○ Free of charge / built on open source

○ Thousands of extensions available

○ Downloadable desktop tool

What is the VS Code project?

● The open source project, which is the base of VS Code

○ Very active development and innovation

○ Driven by Microsoft + contributors

○ Use by other tools such as: ■ VS Codium ■ Eclipse Theia

What is “VS Code Online”?

● Online version of VS Code hosted in VS Codespaces

○ Runs in the browser

○ Bound to Azure

○ Currently not open source

What is Eclipse Theia?

● An open source platform for building web-based tools and IDEs

○ Supports local and cloud/online deployment

○ A modular and flexible architecture

○ Project fully open source and hosted at the Eclipse Foundation

Product vs. platform

● VS Code is a downloadable product ● VS Code online is a product embedded in Azure ● Eclipse Theia is a platform to build tools, examples: ○ Che Theia (the IDE of Che) ○ Gitpod (an online IDE service) ○ Yangster (tool for the Yang language) ○ etc. ● Eclipse Theia does not provide a vanilla download (yet)

Reusage

Che-Theia GitPod Yangster

VS Code VS Code Online Eclipse Theia

VS Code Project

Extensibility / Adaptability

VS Code extensions vs. Theia extensions

VS Code Eclipse Theia

VS Code plugin

API API Theia Theia Theia extension extension extension VS Code plugin

Available Extensions

VS Code marketplace vs. openVSX registry

Open Source - Ecosystem - Vendor-Neutrality

VS Code Project vs. Eclipse Theia Project

● VS Code Project: ○ MIT license, governed by Microsoft ○ Top 20 contributors => seem all to be affiliated with Microsoft ○ 1.434k LOC, 419 active contributors ● Eclipse Theia: ○ EPL license, governed by the Eclipse Foundation, supported by a working group ○ Top 20 contributors => 6 different companies ○ 160k LOC, 110 active contributors

VS Codespaces vs. Eclipse Che

Architecture of modern IDEs / tools - workspace server

Dashboard Browser-IDE Browser-IDE App

Workspace Workspace Workspace Container Management Container

Workspace Server

What is the VS Code Codespaces / Github Codespaces

● A workspace server integrating VS Code and VS Code online

○ Hosting ■ Azure ■ Github Codespaces (beta)

○ Available IDEs: ■ VS Code Online ■ VS Code ■ Visual Studio Code

What is Eclipse Che?

● A workspace server integrating Theia as a default

○ Hosting: Any Kubernetes cluster (e.g. AWS, OpenShift, GCE or Azure)

○ Available IDEs: ■ Default: Che Theia ■ VS Codium, Jupyter, “classic Eclipse”, etc. ■ Your custom IDE!

Eclipse Che vs. VS Codespaces

● Configure VMs and workspaces ○ Basic options and install.sh in VS Codespaces ○ Stack management in Che ○ Available IDEs ■ VS Code Online or Desktop for Codespaces ■ Che-Theia, VS Codium, Jupyter or custom IDE in Che ● Sharing workspaces ○ One-Click URL in Eclipse Che ○ Live sharing supported by VS Codespaces ● Eclipse Che supports white-labeling and a headless API! ● Eclipse Che is open source!

Companies contributing to Eclipse Che

Honorable Mentions (Commercial)

● CodeReady Workspaces ○ Professionally supported version of Eclipse Che (by RedHat) ○ Identical to Eclipse Che ○ Integrated in openShift ● GitPod: ○ Workspace hosting integrated with GitHub, GitLab and Bitbucket ○ Provides a Theia-based IDE ○ Slim and fast ○ Recently open sourced ○ Currently the easiest way to try Eclipse Theia! ● VSCodium: Open build for VS Code ● Github Codespaces: ?

Quick conclusion - as a user

● VS Code ○ If you want a downloadable application ● VS Code Online: ○ If you are using Azure ● Eclipse Theia ○ If you prefer open tools ○ If you use Che or GitPod or any Theia-based tool ● VS Codespaces ○ If you want VS Code Online ○ If you use Azure and are fine with the feature set and lock-in ● Eclipse Che ○ If you want to self-host your workspace hosting with flexibility

Quick conclusion - as an adopter

● VS Code ○ If you want VS Code plus a little extension ● Eclipse Theia ○ If you want to build a custom, white labeled product ○ If you want to build something not fully code centric ○ If you care about vendor-neutrality and lock-in ● VS Codespaces and VS Code Online ○ If you run Azure ● Eclipse Che ○ If you want to extend, adapt, integrate or even white label your workspace hosting ○ If you care about vendor-neutrality and lock-in

Quick conclusion - as an extension developer

● Benefit from using VS Code plugin model! ○ Can be used in VS Code and Eclipse Theia-based tools ○ Can be published to: ■ VS Code marketplace ■ openVSX registry

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