Reviewing Zed: An IDE of the Future
Will this hyped, new, modern, fast, and recently open-source IDE be the VSCode killer? Junaid Ali Shah Haidery CEO of JasGiigli Disclaimer Zed is still in beta at the time of writing this article. It's not a fully-fledged IDE yet, so you might want to stick with VSCode or your current IDE unless you really prioritize speed. TL;DR Zed is a new, open-source IDE that’s faster than Sublime Text and comes with many powerful features. It's currently in beta and available only for Mac, but Windows and Linux support are on the way. The Current Issue VSCode is the go-to editor for many programmers. It's modern, elegant, and packed with features. Built entirely with web technologies like HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, it’s easily extendable and boasts a vast collection of extensions. However, VSCode has a major drawback: it can be slow. VSCode uses Electron.js to run on multiple platforms. While Electron is powerful, it can be slow and consume a lot of memory. This has led to the rise of...