diff -r 937c995b047a -r ff815ca0bbcf handouts/pep-ho.tex --- a/handouts/pep-ho.tex Wed Jul 04 14:48:05 2018 +0100 +++ b/handouts/pep-ho.tex Tue Jul 10 15:09:28 2018 +0100 @@ -56,7 +56,12 @@ \noindent I found a convenient IDE for writing Scala programs is Microsoft's \textit{Visual Studio Code} (VS Code) which runs under MacOSX, Linux and -obviously Windows. It can be downloaded for free from +obviously Windows.\footnote{Unlike \emph{Microsoft Visual Studio}, which +is a heavy-duty, Windows-only IDE\ldots{}jeez, could they have not just +made up some different name for a complete different project? For the +pedantic, Microsoft Visual Studio is an IDE, whereas Visual Studio Code +is a source code editor. Anybody knows the what the difference is?} It +can be downloaded for free from \begin{quote} \url{https://code.visualstudio.com} @@ -64,7 +69,8 @@ \noindent and should already come pre-installed in the Department (together with -the Scala compiler). VS Code is far from perfect, however it includes a +the Scala compiler). Being a project started in 2015, VS Code is +relatively new and thus far from perfect. However it includes a \textit{Marketplace} from which a multitude of extensions can be downloaded that make editing and running Scala code a little easier (see Figure~\ref{vscode} for my setup).