Github annouced codespace. does it mean Atom is now abandoned?

I use Julia with VSCode and the most recent developments in VSCode Julia-extension make it competitive to Atom. Initially, I started with Atom, but it became very slow, and then I jumped to VSCode. I was wondering when Juno will move to VSCode. As now the discussion is also about switching Juno to VSCode, there may be one more option to consider.

Eclipse Theia (https://theia-ide.org/) is an opensource alternative to VSCode which brings foundation for both Desktop as well as cloud IDE. As far as I know, Visual Codespaces is not opensource. Theia also claims to be compatible with VSCode extensions (though not sure about the specifics). So building a Julia IDE around Theia keeps up with the opensource spirit.

Moreover, JuliaBox from Julia computing now provides only a notebook interface (?). My understanding from this is Julia Computing is ready to host a computing environment (of course, now, paid). But as Julia reaches more audience, it may be worth to host a complete cloud IDE also in JuliaBox to attract more customers. Since Theia has both Cloud as well as Desktop IDE capabilities, it makes more sense to have this unified solution. If both contributing volunteers and Julia computing can pool in, then the development can also be accelerated and we can soon have a working IDE.

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