I think it depends on what you're going to use it for. If you're using it for serious heavy professional coding, you might find Atheos lacking, but I'm a hobby coder and I really like it's simplicity and compact form.
I know it goes against best practices, but I code almost exclusively 'in production' since it's easiest for me to do so. Coder, GitPod, and VSCode I believe all have somewhat virtual file managers but Atheos actually directly acts on the files of your server so when I notice a small typo/bugs on one of my sites, I can login and change it without any extra steps.
Atheos also doesn't really have a strong method of code compiling. It does support syntax highlighting of most languages thanks to the Ace Editor (Same as the one from Cloud9), and it does have a terminal plugin allowing you to issue commands to the server directly.
I did take a lot of keyboard shortcuts from VSCode in hopes of making it easier for someone to switch between without too much of a hassle. Having the built in Git Integration that is 99% complete has really helped my workflow as well.
One of the things I really enjoy about Atheos is that it's such a simple codebase that if there is a feature I want or someone asks for, I can add it pretty easily, either as a standalone plugin or built in. At this point, I'm only really limited by my ability to make something.
Yeah, it's very similar to the Theia IDE, but it's easier (last I checked which was a year ago) to self host with authentication and I think has a much smaller form factor, both on the server and the client.
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I know it goes against best practices, but I code almost exclusively 'in production' since it's easiest for me to do so. Coder, GitPod, and VSCode I believe all have somewhat virtual file managers but Atheos actually directly acts on the files of your server so when I notice a small typo/bugs on one of my sites, I can login and change it without any extra steps.
Atheos also doesn't really have a strong method of code compiling. It does support syntax highlighting of most languages thanks to the Ace Editor (Same as the one from Cloud9), and it does have a terminal plugin allowing you to issue commands to the server directly.
I did take a lot of keyboard shortcuts from VSCode in hopes of making it easier for someone to switch between without too much of a hassle. Having the built in Git Integration that is 99% complete has really helped my workflow as well.
One of the things I really enjoy about Atheos is that it's such a simple codebase that if there is a feature I want or someone asks for, I can add it pretty easily, either as a standalone plugin or built in. At this point, I'm only really limited by my ability to make something.
You should not put that on your cv