Скачать или смотреть VS Code Under the Hood: Electron, Monaco, IPC (Source Code Tour)

VS Code is used by 73% of developers. But did you know it's literally a web browser in disguise?

I spent weeks diving into VS Code's actual source code on GitHub—hundreds of thousands of lines—to understand how Microsoft built the world's most popular code editor using web technologies.

In this deep dive, I'll show you:

⚡ THE ELECTRON FOUNDATION
How VS Code combines Chromium and Node.js, and why the multi-process architecture prevents crashes from killing your entire editor.

🚀 THE BOOTSTRAP SEQUENCE
What actually happens in the first milliseconds when you launch VS Code—including secrets like portable mode detection and the NLS translation system.

✏️ THE MONACO EDITOR
The heart of VS Code. How it uses piece table data structures for instant undo, GPU-accelerated rendering, and line virtualization to handle massive files without breaking a sweat.

🔗 INTER-PROCESS COMMUNICATION
How VS Code's processes talk to each other securely using channels, sandboxing, and MessagePorts—the engineering that makes everything work together.

This isn't theory. I traced the actual source code, file by file, to show you exactly how it works.

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🔗 RESOURCES MENTIONED:

→ VS Code GitHub Repository:
https://github.com/microsoft/vscode

→ Electron Documentation:
https://www.electronjs.org/docs

→ Monaco Editor (Standalone):
https://microsoft.github.io/monaco-ed...

→ VS Code in Browser:
https://vscode.dev

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⏱️ TIMESTAMPS:

00:00:00 - VS Code is Chrome in a trench coat
00:01:28 - The Electron Foundation
00:03:08 - Multi-process architecture & crash isolation
00:04:48 - The Bootstrap Sequence
00:05:33 - Module resolution & portable mode
00:06:28 - NLS translation system
00:07:54 - Monaco Editor deep dive
00:08:14 - The three layers of Monaco
00:09:45 - Handling huge files
00:10:17 - Piece table data structure
00:11:18 - Inter-Process Communication
00:12:02 - Channels and transports
00:12:43 - Sandboxing and security
00:13:54 - MessagePorts and VQL encoding

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🎬 PART 2 COMING SOON:

Part 2 covers Extensions & Isolation, Services & Dependency Injection, Performance Secrets, the Web Version, and VS Code's Development Philosophy.

Drop a comment if you want Part 2! 👇

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