Automatically installing various tools, runtimes, and frameworks.

Setting the Linux-based operating system to use.

This is accomplished by including a devcontainer.json file in the project's repository, similar to VS Code Dev Containers development. GitHub Codespaces are fully customizable on a per project basis. It automatically configures everything you need to work on your project: the source code, runtime, compiler, debugger, editor, custom dotfile configurations, relevant editor extensions and more. When you need to work on a new project, pick up a new task, or review a PR, you can simply spin up a Cloud-hosted environment, and GitHub Codespaces takes care of configuring it correctly. It's where all of the compute associated with software development happens: compiling, debugging, restoring, etc. You can work with these environments from Visual Studio Code or in a browser-based editor.Īn environment is the 'backend' half of GitHub Codespaces. GitHub Codespaces provides cloud-powered development environments for any activity - whether it's a long-term project, or a short-term task like reviewing a pull request.

Configure IntelliSense for cross-compiling.

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