Github Codespaces vs. Gitpod, an in-depth look

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WebKit

A little while back I tried experimenting to see if I could set up Webkit (Safari's browser engine) on my Windows laptop...I failed, I couldn't figure out how to build the Webkit source code on Windows (it was painfully difficult), so, I tried the next best thing, the "cloud", it too failed, but interestingly enough, for a vastly different reason.

#Web Browsers #Web Development Tools #Development 28 social mentions

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StackBlitz

My first experience with an online code editor was Cloud9 in 2016 (this was before Cloud9 was bought by Amazon and became AWS Cloud9). At the time Cloud9 was a free service and was readily available for personal use, I loved the convenience of the service, so much so, that I fully switched from programming locally to programming online for a short period. All good things come to an end, by December 2019, Cloud9 announced that they were shutting down their standalone service, and instead, Cloud9 would be offered as part of AWS, so, just before I lost access to Cloud9, I started searching for alternatives, ranging from Eclipse Che, Red Hat CodeReady Workspaces, Codeanywhere to StackBlitz, out of all the alternatives the most competent of them was Gitpod.

#Text Editors #Programming #Programming Tools 98 social mentions

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Playwright

For this experiment, I used Github Codespaces (for a previous experiment I had already tried using Gitpod with VNC, so, I thought I would try Github Codespaces this time). I was able to get VNC functional but couldn't set up Webkit, since, Docker has problems with some of the libraries that Webkit uses. I tried for a good ~16 hours before I gave up. I eventually found another alternative, Playwright.

#Development #Tool #Browser Testing 229 social mentions

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GitHub Codespaces

Gitpod and Github Codespaces are both Visual Studio Code based online code editors, with attached Linux dev environment servers, for running terminal tasks; in simple terms, both are cloud-based code editors, and are free* to use.

#Text Editors #Programming #Programming Tools 141 social mentions

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GitHub Copilot

I have stated my personal experience with both services, and I would recommend using the one that you feel is best for you. Personally, I switch between both services rather often, however, I prefer Github Codespaces. I find it to be the best option for me as it syncs my settings, supports local VS Code, and has great integration with Github and VS Code extensions (I am even able to use Github Copilot in Github Codespaces).

#Developer Tools #Coding #Code Autocomplete 211 social mentions

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Visual Studio Code

Gitpod and Github Codespaces are both Visual Studio Code based online code editors, with attached Linux dev environment servers, for running terminal tasks; in simple terms, both are cloud-based code editors, and are free* to use.

#Text Editors #IDE #Software Development 1008 social mentions

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AWS Cloud9

My first experience with an online code editor was Cloud9 in 2016 (this was before Cloud9 was bought by Amazon and became AWS Cloud9). At the time Cloud9 was a free service and was readily available for personal use, I loved the convenience of the service, so much so, that I fully switched from programming locally to programming online for a short period. All good things come to an end, by December 2019, Cloud9 announced that they were shutting down their standalone service, and instead, Cloud9 would be offered as part of AWS, so, just before I lost access to Cloud9, I started searching for alternatives, ranging from Eclipse Che, Red Hat CodeReady Workspaces, Codeanywhere to StackBlitz, out of all the alternatives the most competent of them was Gitpod.

#IDE #Text Editors #Software Development 38 social mentions