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Re: GitHub Codespaces

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Post by ivalm »

xendipity wrote: post #2

Ah, this really makes sense with all of the recent work they've done on VSCode's remote development capabilities. - An early announcement on their focus: https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2019/05/02/remote-develo... - Most (all?) of their recent VSCode updates include improvements to remote development. i.e.: https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_44#_remote-developm... - Facebook partnering and becoming an early…

Their remote development capability is amazing and was quite a game changer for me. Having a nice ide where all of the plugins work on a remote server as if everything is local is so nice!

Re: GitHub Codespaces

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Post by CraftThatBlock »

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.

Re: GitHub Codespaces

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Post by tomnipotent »

underdeserver wrote: post #15

I like how they say that if you don't want to develop in a browser, you can connect VS Code. You're still developing in a browser. Still a great IDE though.

> You're still developing in a browser.

How so? Node/Electron != browser, though I see how the whole HTML/JS/CSS thing can be confusing.

Re: GitHub Codespaces

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Post by sandstrom »

kick wrote: post #14

I can only imagine how the people at GitHub paid to work on Atom are feeling right now. Microsoft hasn't been kind to them!

The people at Github that used to be paid to work on Atom may be the ones that built this :)

Re: GitHub Codespaces

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Post by simplify »

tomnipotent wrote: post #23
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…

> 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"?

Re: GitHub Codespaces

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Post by sbarre »

dmacewen wrote: post #22

I wonder if it's usable from an iPad. I haven't tried an online ide before, but if it works well it could be a great mobile development tool. It would be awesome if this could be setup as a backend for vim as well. Given how well Coc.vim integrates with VSCode tooling, I'm cautiously optimistic.

I've been self-hosting VS Code Server ( https://github.com/cdr/code-server ) and using it from Chrome on my iPad with a keyboard and mouse when I'm on the road..

If this is the same or similar approach, then it should work just fine.

If the pricing for Codespaces is reasonable, I'm going to move to that for sure. It's been kind of a hassle to keep my self-hosted setup running properly.

Re: GitHub Codespaces

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Post by dawson »

dmacewen wrote: post #22

I wonder if it's usable from an iPad. I haven't tried an online ide before, but if it works well it could be a great mobile development tool. It would be awesome if this could be setup as a backend for vim as well. Given how well Coc.vim integrates with VSCode tooling, I'm cautiously optimistic.

This tweet from GitHub's lead designer would suggest so!

https://twitter.com/notdetails/status/1258070699165585410

... also this tweet from another GitHub product designer

https://twitter.com/mschoening/status/1258069269260038144

Re: GitHub Codespaces

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Post by kick »

sandstrom wrote: post #34
kick wrote: post #14

I can only imagine how the people at GitHub paid to work on Atom are feeling right now. Microsoft hasn't been kind to them!

The people at Github that used to be paid to work on Atom may be the ones that built this :)

Wouldn't be my guess, personally:

https://github.com/atom

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