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The https://www.eclipse.org/org/foundation/ has launched a new Working Group in coordination with Google, Salesforce and others to accelerate the development of the https://thenewstack.io/eclipse-open-vsx-registry-offers-open-access-to-vs-code-extensions/, a vendor-neutral alternative to the https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/. The Visual Studio Marketplace is Microsoft’s site where developers can look for all types of extensions imaginable for the company’s flagship https://thenewstack.io/microsoft-visual-studio-2017-devops-five-star-app/ IDE, Azure DevOps Services, Azure DevOps Server and https://thenewstack.io/this-week-in-programming-all-hail-visual-studio-code/.

“The Open VSX Registry has experienced significant momentum at the Eclipse Foundation,” he said.

Meanwhile, major software providers such as Google, Salesforce, Siemens and others have warmed to the idea of an open registry for Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code extensions.

Meanwhile, https://www.linkedin.com/in/danfernandez/, vice president, developer services at Salesforce, added, “We support the Open VSX Registry with built-in access from Salesforce Code Builder, a modern, web-based development environment tailored for Salesforce development. Our official Salesforce extensions are published to open-vsx.org to allow developers to work how they want, where they want.”