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Re: GitHub Codespaces

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Post by jankeromnes »

Signez wrote: post #3

Having some thought about the GitPod folks[0] that provide nearly the same feature set. I hope we are not witnessing a big sherlocking being done here, but… it really looks like one. :/ [0] https://www.gitpod.io/

We're pretty stoked to have new friends in cloud-native development!

Microsoft/GitHub joining the dev-environment-as-code movement is huge, will likely save us all a few more years of dependency-hell.

(EDIT: Removed official blog post link because taywrobel posted it first)

Re: GitHub Codespaces

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Post by factorialboy »

So.. let's say I host my source code with MS (GitHub), I develop using their web ide (visual studio code space) and then I deploy to their cloud (azure).

Give it a decade and you'll have Microsoft specific developers and organizations who are locked in beyond rescue.

It's always a fragmentation vs defragmentation battle.

Re: GitHub Codespaces

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Post by tomnipotent »

simplify wrote: post #36
tomnipotent wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> It's sad to see GitHub moving slowly into spreading itself too thin People have been saying this every time GitHub has added a feature that wasn't SCM. How is this time any different? > I think GitHub becoming SourceForgeV2 is closer than people think. It's bound to happen at one point. How do you possibly jump from Codespaces to SourceForgeV2, and somehow proclaim it as certainty?

Since when is saying "I think" considered to "proclaim as certainty"?

It's literally in the quote: "It's bound to happen at one point."

Re: GitHub Codespaces

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Post by TroyaandAbed »

diggan wrote: post #9

So GitHub (Microsoft) continues to venture way beyond just source control and it's directly related areas, into a much more overall "development" strategy, seemingly echoing what GitLab have been doing for a while. It's sad to see GitHub moving slowly into spreading itself too thin, instead of just improving the platform they have. They now try to replace CI services, donation platforms and now remote code editors. S…

> Seems their core service is still holding up so far, but with all these moves in different directions, I'm getting a bit worried that the SCM and software collaboration part will be left out.

They literally just made teams cheaper and added to their free tier.

Re: GitHub Codespaces

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Post by minimaxir »

airstrike wrote: post #42

> Get the full Visual Studio Code experience without leaving GitHub. I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that statement isn't quite accurate.

It's plausible, given that VS Code is effectively a web app. (the exception in features could be Extensions)

Not the first IDE to have full-feature parity on desktop and web.

Re: GitHub Codespaces

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Post by peey »

Is this built on top of open source technology? Say, can I integrate it into a gitlab instance, or host it on my own server?

Re: GitHub Codespaces

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Post by nemacol »

At first glance this seems great for me. I was a big fan of Cloud9 before they were purchased by Amazon.

I was new to dev world and had never touched AWS so the transition to AWS C9 left me bewildered and I just gave up on it.

This seems like this would fill that role for me pretty well.

Bonus points - I currently use Visual Studio Code as my goto tool.

Re: GitHub Codespaces

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Post by jankeromnes »

CraftThatBlock wrote: post #32

I hope they allow to run the VMs on local hardware. I would love to use my desktop resources (more than they are offering, which is still generous) for this feature. I think Chromebooks are going to be a great use for this. Lightweight client but full editor and environment, with no hassle.

FYI gitpod.io offers 16 CPU / 60 GB RAM, and works great on Chromebooks & iPads.
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