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On June 8th 2020 after months of heads-down work, we were excited to release Marquee 1.0 π to the Visual Studio Code Marketplace. Devs installed it, launched it, and gave us great feedback - thank you π€©!
Why did we build this? Marquee in its current form, is the first iteration of a app platform we strive to make the default home screen for @code you didn't π‘ realize you needed. Right out the gate we've launched simple widgets, like todo's and popular news feeds, your local weather forecast - however, there is much more to come! In fact, since we value your early feedback, we were careful to not over-engineer π©βπ¬ widgets to get this powerful app platform in front of you quickly. Before building out a π‘ myrid of widgets, our current focus is on tight integration into VS Code with maximum workflow support empowering you in your day-to-day without getting into the way π¦Ύ.
We strongly believe integrating with the worlds most popular πΉ IDE to provide easily accessible productivity tools, and entertainment is something that should be available at developer's finger tips in their natural π (integrated development) environment. We didn't just want to use Marquee in our own day-to-day at our company, activecove but instead make it available to the world π.
So what now? Go install Marquee of course, and if you do, give us feedback π£ please! Quick & easy feedback delivery is integrated into the interface. We're looking forward to hear about your Marquee low and high-lights. Also, once you start living the Marquee life - keep an eye on the tricks in the welcome widget, where we regularly drop useful information & tips for getting the most π out of your personalized Marquee experience.
Stay tuned for Marquee's v1.1 release π in early July 2020. We will be primarily focusing on deeper IDE integration to seamlessly support your daily development workflow.