# Using quantitative and qualitative measurements to improve GitHub's Editor Tools

DevFeed: [Using quantitative and qualitative measurements to improve GitHub's Editor Tools](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/using-quantitative-and-qualitative-measurements-to-improve-github-s-editor-tools-69242.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://github.blog/news-insights/the-library/learning-from-developers-to-improve-github-editor-tools/>)

Author: Sarah Guthals

Published: 2018-06-20T07:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [GitHub Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/github-engineering.md>)

Topics: [Developer experience](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/developer-experience.md>), [Visual Studio Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/visual-studio-code.md>), [Atom](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/atom.md>), [GitHub](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github.md>)

Tags: [client-apps](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/client-apps.md>), [communication](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/communication.md>), [editor-tools](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/editor-tools.md>), [experience](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/experience.md>), [help](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/help.md>), [measurements](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/measurements.md>), [news-insights](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/news-insights.md>), [the-library](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/the-library.md>)

## AI overview

GitHub's Editor Tools team describes using improved usage metrics and developer usability studies to learn how people use its extensions and identify workflow gaps. The findings are intended to help the team improve tools for collaboration and coding, while its metrics work emphasizes user privacy and security. The post also invites Visual Studio users to participate in a remote usability study.

## Source excerpt

Our GitHub Editor Tools team is always working to build the best experience--and to do that, want to hear from the people using them every day.