I think a dynamic scripting language is a poor choice for software that has non-trivial performance needs. The fact that so many people complain about the speed and memory performance of Electron apps is a testament to this. I remember for a long time also that Atom couldn’t open a file larger than 2MB before crashing.

I don’t appreciate you telling me what I think either.

So, make something better... shitting on people that spend time writing useful things is not really helping anyone. The fact is, I appreciate electron apps... they let me use the same things on Windows, Linux and Mac, which I use all regularly.

VS Code works better than any IDE with similar or more features that I've tried, including those in compiled or preferred languages. Most other Electron apps are good enough. Yeah, they use a little more ram.. I've got 32GB on my desktop at home... I'd rather use 1-2gb of ram for half a dozen apps than to not have said app.

I don't know what you think, but I, personally feel that you are presenting like a pompous asshole who wants to shit all over useful things that people make because it doesn't fit your arbitrary opinion on what is the right language to use. If you want something better, in your opinion, you make it, and watch people shit all over it because it can't match the features of a tool built in a lesser language.

eslint is written in JS, and runs over codebases far larger than people are likely to have in terms of stylesheets and runs fine. Do you have evidence that this tool will not run in under a second on a single file, or within an acceptable timeframe over a project?

As to Atom, I didn't care for it... VS Code is a better example of what CAN be done with electron in terms of decent performance. Yeah, it's slower to load than sublime or notepad, but I typically open against a project directory and leave it open for a considerable time.