The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source

You’re just a devcontainer.json away (Interview)

Mar 1, 2023

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Vs Code - What's the Experience Like?

01:41

Using Docker Compose.EML Containers in VS Code

04:08

What's the Cons of Open Source Container Templates?

05:02

Introduction

3min

We're Getting Bridging on the Show

4min

Dev Containers vs Production Containers

3min

Dev Containers

2min

Docker Containers - The Smell

4min

Is VS Code a Text Editor or an IDE?

2min

Dev Containers

4min

Dev Containers - Code Spaces

2min

Dev Containers

5min

10.

Vs Code - What's the Experience Like?

2min

11.

Adding Dev Container JSON to a Docker Compose File

2min

12.

Dev Container JSON Files - What Are You Finding?

4min

13.

Is the VIM Community Trying to Do Some of This?

5min

14.

Dev Containers

2min

15.

Dev Containers

3min

16.

Using Docker Compose.EML Containers in VS Code

4min

17.

Code Spaces - How Do They Work?

2min

18.

Is There a Docker File in the Dev Containers?

2min

19.

Dev Containers - Is This Like It?

5min

20.

What's the Cons of Open Source Container Templates?

5min

21.

Dev Containers - What's a Good First Step?

4min

This week we’re joined by Brigit Murtaugh, Product Manager on the Visual Studio Code team at Microsoft, and we’re talking about Development Containers and the Dev Container spec. Ever since we talked with Cory Wilkerson about Coding in the cloud with Codespaces we’ve wanted to get the Changelog.com codebase setup with a dev environment in the cloud to more easily support contributions. After getting a drive-by contribution from Chris Eggert to add a Dev Container spec to our codebase, we got curious and reached out to Brigit and asked her to come on the show to give us all the details.

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