VS Code in the Browser for Everyone

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Post by jankeromnes » Tue, Sep 28, 2021, 1:25 PM UTC

VS Code in the Browser for Everyone
gitpod.io

Re: VS Code in the Browser for Everyone

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Post by itsbits » Tue, Sep 28, 2021, 3:52 PM UTC

How is it different to gitpod?

Re: VS Code in the Browser for Everyone

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Post by e44858 » Tue, Sep 28, 2021, 4:01 PM UTC

itsbits wrote: post #2

How is it different to gitpod?

Seems you can run it on your own hardware

Re: VS Code in the Browser for Everyone

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Post by spiderice » Tue, Sep 28, 2021, 4:16 PM UTC

itsbits wrote: post #2

How is it different to gitpod?

That is nearly word for word one of the headers in the blog post.

> How is this different to Gitpod?

> If you want one-click, fully automated developer environments that give yourself and your team an unparalleled productivity boost try Gitpod.

> If you have a machine somewhere which you would like to access with VS Code through a browser, check out OpenVSCode Server.

Re: VS Code in the Browser for Everyone

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Post by tomvault » Tue, Sep 28, 2021, 4:18 PM UTC

e44858 wrote: post #3

itsbits wrote: post #2

How is it different to gitpod?

Seems you can run it on your own hardware

Hi Johannes here from Gitpod. Copying the answer from our launch post: https://www.gitpod.io/blog/openvscode-server-launch#how-is-t...

Gitpod is all about provisioning and orchestrating ephemeral developer environments (think about it as a resource efficient and powerful orchestration platform for your dev envs).An IDE is just one building block of a working cloud based developer environment, in addition to the operating system, databases, compilers and all the other tools you need to be productive. At Gitpod we want to support the IDE or editor you like best, and providing VS Code through the web browser is just one possibility. Alternatively, you can access your Gitpod workspaces through SSH, local VS Code and soon your favorite Jetbrains IDEs.

If you have a machine somewhere which you would like to access with VS Code through a browser, check out OpenVSCode Server. If you need control over your infrastructure and would like the orchestration capabilities that Gitpod offer you can self host Gitpod.

Re: VS Code in the Browser for Everyone

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Post by twbarber » Tue, Sep 28, 2021, 5:06 PM UTC

tomvault wrote: post #5

e44858 wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Seems you can run it on your own hardware

Hi Johannes here from Gitpod. Copying the answer from our launch post: https://www.gitpod.io/blog/openvscode-server-launch#how-is-t... Gitpod is all about provisioning and orchestrating ephemeral developer environments (think about it as a resource efficient and powerful orchestration platform for your dev envs).An IDE is just one building block of a working cloud based developer environment, in addition to the opera…

> and soon your favorite Jetbrains IDEs.

Do you have a mailing list I can subscribe to for this? Very interested.

Re: VS Code in the Browser for Everyone

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Post by chenzhekl » Tue, Sep 28, 2021, 5:09 PM UTC

Pretty cool project. I am wondering how it is different from code-server [1]?

[1] https://github.com/cdr/code-server

Re: VS Code in the Browser for Everyone

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Post by orsenthil » Tue, Sep 28, 2021, 5:23 PM UTC

Is it for projects which are not hosted on github, which can be accessed using github.dev?

Re: VS Code in the Browser for Everyone

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Post by mikewhy » Tue, Sep 28, 2021, 5:23 PM UTC

I looked into this when setting up a new machine. Well, not exactly openvscode but code-server. I have the same questions I had when investigating that:

- with docker, how would you install eg. node and go binaries?

- with docker, how would you set up some dotfiles?

- how do you map remote ports to your local machine?

I ended up going with VSCode Remote (SSH), and am loving it. But I still think I'd be happier with a pure browser experience.

Re: VS Code in the Browser for Everyone

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Post by tomvault » Tue, Sep 28, 2021, 5:32 PM UTC

twbarber wrote: post #6

tomvault wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hi Johannes here from Gitpod. Copying the answer from our launch post: https://www.gitpod.io/blog/openvscode-server-launch#how-is-t... Gitpod is all about provisioning and orchestrating ephemeral developer environments (think about it as a resource efficient and powerful orchestration platform for your dev envs).An IDE is just one building block of a working cloud based developer environment, in addition to the opera…

> and soon your favorite Jetbrains IDEs. Do you have a mailing list I can subscribe to for this? Very interested.

Best way is to signup at https://www.gitpod.io/#get-started and allow changelog emails https://gitpod.io/notifications.

We are working actively with the team at Jetbrains to offer a great DevX integrating with their remote development implementation(https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-226455).