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Re: GitHub Codespaces

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Post by oefrha »

sneak wrote: post #63
thwarted wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I wish the vscode remote dev functionality didn't require a binary server/remote side component. I have a bunch of users who want to use it, but it's not compatible with the system libraries on our servers and dev environments.

There are perpetual reminders all around that Microsoft's only pretending to like f/oss because that's where the developer attention (and thus corporate money) is. There's spyware in all of their open source apps (TypeScript excluded, because they couldn't get away with it there) that you can of course patch out, but you can't get it removed from the project because, free software or not, Microsoft gets to decide wha…

> Bet you a dollar the GitHub mobile app that's going to come out pretty soon will also be totally proprietary with no source provided.

Stable version already came out a while ago, been using it on my phone. Also, GitHub the website has never been open source and they never pretended it was or was going to be, so no one was holding breath for source code of the mobile app.

Re: GitHub Codespaces

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Post by mikewhy »

minimaxir wrote: post #46
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.

Given that a locally running VS Code can interact with the host system, and a webpage cannot, I'm sure there will be some differences between the two.

And like you said, the exception in features could be extensions. If that's the case, it's not "the full Visual Studio Code experience".

(Not to take away from their announcement, it's very interesting and I've joined the wait list, just this type of absolute wording irks me).

Re: GitHub Codespaces

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Post by scruffups »

Very nice and much needed.

What worries me is the consolidation of great resources in the hands of one party. We know from our collective experience since forever that concentration of any resource does not give us resilience.

Your thoughts?

Re: GitHub Codespaces

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Post by luhn »

This is going to be great for open source—Being able to get a fully-configured dev environment at a click of a button greatly lowers the barrier to entry. I've had a few small OS contributions where the time to set up the environment was more than the time I spent programming!

I could also see this being popular with engineering teams. No futzing with the new hire's computer, just have them open a web browser and they can dive right in!

Re: GitHub Codespaces

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Post by colordrops »

swagonomixxx wrote: post #60

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 p…

Let's just hope they don't only maintain this online editor and deprecate the desktop install.

Re: GitHub Codespaces

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Post by frank2 »

jankeromnes wrote: post #49
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.

>gitpod.io . . . works great on . . . iPads

gitpod.io is tightly integrated with the Monaco editor; is it not?

I ask because the top of https://microsoft.github.io/monaco-editor/ says, "The Monaco editor is not supported in mobile browsers or mobile web frameworks". Has Microsoft changed their policy and simply neglected to change the passage I just quoted?

Re: GitHub Codespaces

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Post by swagonomixxx »

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/

They should be OK because they're still usable with GitLab and have a self-hosted offering.

Re: GitHub Codespaces

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Post by mcolyer »

preya2k wrote: post #4

Interestingly, it seems that Microsoft hast just renamed its "Visual Studio Online" (which was basically the same as this new product) to "Visual Studio Codespaces". So it seems that they are merging these two products. (See: https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/services/visual-studio-co... ) EDIT: They actually announced the renaming of the product a couple of days ago: https://techcrunch.com/2020/04/30/microsofts-vis…

Codespaces uses the same underlying technology as Visual Studio Codespaces to bring a fully GitHub-native experience to our GitHub users. We've been working with multiple teams on the Visual Studio side to make this happen (I work as the product lead on Codespaces)
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