Waf DotNetPad
The Waf DotNetPad is a simple and fast code editor that makes fun to program with C# or Visual Basic. (by jbe2277)
Visual Studio Code
Visual Studio Code (by microsoft)
| Waf DotNetPad | Visual Studio Code | |
|---|---|---|
| - | 3,135 | |
| 142 | 171,054 | |
| 1.4% | 1.0% | |
| 6.2 | 10.0 | |
| 2 months ago | 3 days ago | |
| C# | TypeScript | |
| MIT License | MIT License |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Waf DotNetPad
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Tracking mentions began in Dec 2020.
Visual Studio Code
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And here on VSCode: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/20889
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What are some alternatives?
When comparing Waf DotNetPad and Visual Studio Code you can also consider the following projects:
RoslynPad - A cross-platform C# editor based on Roslyn and AvalonEdit
community - Public feedback discussions for: GitHub Mobile, GitHub Discussions, GitHub Codespaces, GitHub Sponsors, GitHub Issues and more!
SharpDevelop
identity-obj-proxy - An identity object using ES6 proxies. Useful for mocking webpack imports like CSS Modules.
AvalonStudio - Cross platform IDE and Shell
KDevelop - Cross-platform IDE for C, C++, Python, QML/JavaScript and PHP