React Europe 2018

React Europe 2018

RIP

Ives van Hoorne

@compuives

Co-Founder @ CodeSandbox

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a year of

another year of

tech edition!

Recap

What if I put my local editor on

the web?

Recap

Recap

1.  Lower the learning curve

2. Encourage sharing & discovery

3. Give a local editor experience

Recap

400k sandboxes

2.5M files

500k monthly visitors

Recap 2018

Now

2.2M sandboxes

16M files

1.25M monthly visitors

🎉🎉🎉

So what actually happened inbetween?

Pick 2

Internship

CodeSandbox

Social Activities

Time constraint improves efficiency

VSCode Themes

.tmLanguage

oniguruma

onigasm

NeekSandhu

What about extensions?

How VSCode Extensions Work

VSCode + UI

Extension Host

tsserver

CodeSandbox Scenario

CodeSandbox

Extension Host

tsserver

bridge

CodeSandbox Scenario

CodeSandbox

Extension Host

tsserver

VSCode

Main Process

Renderer Process

Renderer Process

fs

net

tty

module

http

os

electron

Try #1

fileService

notificationService

clipboardService

storageService

requestService

editorService

codeSandboxService

fileService

storageService

Try #2

Requirements

Don't change code

Expose VSCode as an API

Keep it fast and small

As VSCode gets better, CodeSandbox gets better

It's updatable

Not re-inventing the wheel

Familiar with the existing editor

Advantages

CodeSandbox Scenario

CodeSandbox

Extension Host

tsserver

VSCode

Internship Ended

Team

People working on CodeSandbox

Me working on code

To be continued!

Thanks a lot!

@compuives

codesandbox/codesandbox-client

Dashboard

CodeSandbox Containers

VSCode Integration

2016

2017

2018

2019

we're here!

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