VS Code Arduino Extension Deprecation

[gcampbell-msft]

Hi VS Code Arduino users, we make this announcement to inform you that we are deprecating the Arduino extension. We recommend existing customers to use the Arduino IDE software

[ledgerama]

Well that sucks :(

[DRSDavidSoft]

@gcampbell-msft Please don't do this, even though the official IDE is just Theia at this point with the Monaco editor, it sucks for me because I want to use all my cool VS code extensions in there but I can't!

I know @microsoft might not be interested any more to maintain this, although I wish the Arduino team would pick it up.

In any case, thank you the team at Microsoft. It's been a great journey. I wish you didn't deprecate it. :(

[VirensCn]

this is really bad news.

[CiberNin]

#frothing with rage

[FrightRisk]

Are you out of your minds???? This is insane. Please reverse this and allow other people admin privileges to keep maintaining it.

[avsteele]

Very surprised to see this. I think if MS provided a rationale it would help people to understand the decision.

The Arduino IDE is not close to a replacement. The PlatformIO extension for VScode is a good alternative, but the MS extension was the best fit for simpler projects.

[AJ-Work-Smoothie]

Please don't do this!! The Arduino IDE is NOT a suitable replacement for vsc.

[AJ-Smoothie]

I agree with @AJ-Work-Smoothie , please don't do this!!

[thelastoutpostworkshop]

Very sad announcement

[escaner]

This is really bad news :(

[wbadry]

I don't know who made the decision. I hope the team will revise it. That extension is so good in many ways beyond the Arduino IDE.

[quinn-n]

Very surprised to see this. I think if MS provided a rationale it would help people to understand the decision.

The Arduino IDE is not close to a replacement. The PlatformIO extension for VScode is a good alternative, but the MS extension was the best fit for simpler projects.

+1 the Arduino IDE is nowhere near close to a replacement for VSCode

[mej558]

what? this can't be right? Someone please sort this out. Arduino IDE is a great place to start, but doesn't compare to VSCode to get stuff done.