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This file is created in Gitpod instead of local. Try a workspace at https://gitpod.io/workspaces
Developers traditionally install and run tools like IDEs, libraries, and language runtimes on their local workstations. This approach makes sense at first, but has some downsides as an organization grows:
https://github.com/features/codespaces
https://github.blog/2021-08-11-githubs-engineering-team-moved-codespaces
From a Git Repository on GitHub, Gitlab or Bitbucket, Gitpod can spin up a server-side-dev-environment for you in seconds (prefixing its URL with gitpod.io/#). That's a docker container that you can fully customize and that includes your source code, git-Terminal, VS Code extensions, your IDE, etc. The dev environment is enough powerful to run your app and even side-services like databases.
This is easily repeatable and reproducible because it's automated and version-controlled and shared across the team. We call this dev-environment-as-code. Sending a snapshot of your dev environment to a colleague is as easy as sending a URL.
Your workplace is already compiled and all dependencies of your code have been downloaded. In order to tell Gitpod how to prepare a dev environment for your project, check in a .gitpod.yml file into the root of the repository.
https://www.brev.dev/
https://console.brev.dev/
Brev creates your powerful computer in the cloud for development. Brev solves configurations with the .brev directory. Create your .brev/setup.sh script to make your environment reproducible. Brev will automatically run it when creating the workspace.
<img alt="brev demo" src="https://raw.gitmirror.com/kexiZeroing/blog-images/main/e6c9d24ely1h3dnwzu0szj21ee0o4mzl.jpg" width="800">