Ash (362)Earlier this week, GitHub announced the launch of a new cloud-hosted IDE known as GitHub Codespaces. This new service is a full development environment based on Microsoft's Visual Studio Code. This new environment is intended to improve workflow for teams when adding new code to a repository.
This follows the unveiling of Microsoft's Visual Studio Code Online rebranding. Over a week ago, VS Code Online was officially changed to Visual Studio Codespaces. The new GitHub Codespaces platform is very similar in design with a beta release available now. GitHub Codespaces is intended to streamline the contribution process for its users.
"GitHub Codespaces gives you a fully-featured cloud-hosted dev environment that spins up in seconds—directly within GitHub—so you can start contributing to a project right away.” - GitHub's SVP of Product, Shanku Niyogi
If you want to check out the new environment, you'll need beta access. As of right now, no pricing information has been revealed—it's unclear whether or not Microsoft will charge an hourly rate for the service.
You'll actually use this for things like syncing your VS Code settings across your devices!
In the meantime, you can always check out VS Codespaces and apply for beta access.
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