How Is New Terminal In VS Code So Fast?

Last week, a new version (1.17) of Visual Studio Code was released. While there are many fascinating improvements and features introduced, the one that cought my eyes is “Integrated Terminal performance” section. Let’s check out what they’ve done! (written on 2017-10-12, based on Xterm.js v3, VS Code 1.17) Old Performance Issue The integrated terminal in VS Code is powered by another popular open-source project “Xterm.js”, which is currently maintained by SourceLair and community contributors....

October 12, 2017 · 13 min