At Microsoft Build 2021, Microsoft introduced more than 100 new updates and services across the tech stack to make creating easier for every developer, One of these great updates is GitHub Codespaces bata!
What's GitHub Codespaces?
Codespaces is a configurable cloud development environment available in your browser on GitHub or through Visual Studio Code, it includes everything developers need to develop for a specific repository, including the Visual Studio Code editing experience and common languages, tools, and utilities.
Request Early Access to GitHub Codespaces
GitHub Codespaces is now available in beta, and you can add yourself to the early-access list at Sign up for the Codespaces beta to be one of the first to use it.
What're GitHub Codespaces Features?
GitHub Codespaces comes to overcome one of the most common pain points for developers that is setting up a development environment with everything you need to be productive.
- GitHub Codespaces enables any GitHub repo to become a fully configured development environment hosted within the cloud in seconds.
- GitHub Codespaces includes everything developers need to develop for a specific repository, including the Visual Studio Code editing experience and common languages, tools, and utilities
- GitHub Codespaces are fully configurable, and you can choose how much compute is needed and can customize them to fit the needs of each project.
- GitHub Codespaces allows you to
- Connect to your codespaces from your browser or Visual Studio Code.
- Contribute to projects without complicating your local setup.
- Contribute code from any device anytime.
- Automatically set up dependencies and SSH keys.
GitHub Codespaces FQA
Below are the most frequently asked questions about GitHub Codespaces
1) Are GitHub Codespaces Free?
Codespaces is currently in public beta, and is free to use until that time. If you'd like to join the beta, you can request access at Sign up for the Codespaces beta
2) Is GitHub Codespaces available to everyone?
Codespaces will be available to a small group of GitHub users while in limited beta. Over time, more users will have access to the beta based on availability and sign up date.
3) Is GitHub Codespaces available for Private Repo?
Currently, the Codespaces beta will not be available for private repositories that belong to organizations. However, it will be available for repositories you own and public repositories.
4) Can I use GitHub Codespaces in VS code?
Yes, you can do that by opening the codespace in GitHub and then connect to it in VS Code.
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