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Re: GitHub Codespaces

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Post by oefrha » Wed, May 06, 2020, 4:55 PM UTC

factorialboy wrote: post #43

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.

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

Don’t need to give it a decade, you can find plenty now, or two decades ago. It’s not like Microsoft is a new entrant to the IDE market with VSCode or GiHub Codespaces (hint: the VS part of VSCode).

Re: GitHub Codespaces

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Post by jedieaston » Wed, May 06, 2020, 4:55 PM UTC

mkchoi212 wrote: post #35

What languages does this support? It would be super cool if this supports `xcodebuild` :O

They have Mac runners for GitHub actions, so maybe they could (although you’d have to pay a steep price since it’s hard to virtualize OS X).

Re: GitHub Codespaces

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Post by JoyrexJ9 » Wed, May 06, 2020, 4:56 PM UTC

mkchoi212 wrote: post #35

What languages does this support? It would be super cool if this supports `xcodebuild` :O

Any language you can run in a Linux container, so not XCode, because Apple

Re: GitHub Codespaces

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Post by microtonal » Wed, May 06, 2020, 4:56 PM UTC

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…

They now try to replace CI services, donation platforms and now remote code editors.

I am not too worried about spreading themselves too thinly. GitHub Actions is much nicer than some of the competitors I used before (though I still love sr.ht builds).

Also, it would be bad for them not to branch out. GitLab is now a strong competitor and they also provide many features beyond code hosting, such as CI, registries, etc.

It is nice that there are three large players now (GitHub, GitLab, Atlassian). GitHub was stagnant for a while, but they seem to be moving fast again after GitLab became a serious competitor. It's a clear case where competition is benefitting the users, both in price and in platform capabilities.

Re: GitHub Codespaces

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Post by zerkten » Wed, May 06, 2020, 4:56 PM UTC

peey wrote: post #47

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?

The Visual Studio Codespaces have coverage of using your own server at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/online/how-to/....

Re: GitHub Codespaces

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Post by laurentdc » Wed, May 06, 2020, 4:57 PM UTC

Small bug in the signup page, if you select and then deselect "Other", it still stores the selected state and doesn't let you send the form [0]

[0] https://i.imgur.com/tNAzrFw.png

Re: GitHub Codespaces

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Post by sneak » Wed, May 06, 2020, 4:58 PM UTC

I was expecting this years ago when GitHub started work on Atom. This will be quite useful for people who are willing to participate in the Microsoft ecosystem.

Re: GitHub Codespaces

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Post by mcolyer » Wed, May 06, 2020, 4:58 PM UTC

mkchoi212 wrote: post #35

What languages does this support? It would be super cool if this supports `xcodebuild` :O

We support all languages that can run within a Linux container, see https://github.com/mcolyer/codespace-containers/blob/master/... for a base example image (I work as the product lead on this).

Re: GitHub Codespaces

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Post by leoncvlt » Wed, May 06, 2020, 4:58 PM UTC

So how would this differ from CodeSandbox or StackBlitz?

Re: GitHub Codespaces

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Post by swagonomixxx » Wed, May 06, 2020, 4:59 PM UTC

This is pretty epic. VS Code has proven itself to be one of the best (if not the best) and feature-complete editor out there. It's basically an IDE of a ton of languages at this point, and it's completely free. Integrating it with GH is a no-brainer move from Microsoft's standpoint, to increase market share even further with more seamless integration.

If they're able to do setup for Python, Go, Ruby, and JavaScript projects, I suspect that'll be > 50% of all professional work (both FOSS and private) done on GH.