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Is this for JS development? Or a compiled language. Id like to use remote but not sure how easy it is so this is encouraging.

by u678u 6y ago

mattlondon 6y ago
I've used VSCode remote development for JS, TS, C++ (with clang), and Golang. It all just works. VSCode even has a built in debugger that just works - I can use the visual debugger in VSCode running on a chromebook to debug JS or C++ running on the remote machine. It all works over some SSH magic that is abstracted away. Breakpoints, call stacks, local variables, step in/out/over etc - all there on your local machine despite the code running on another machine somewhere else. Even if I am working with docker/docker-compose on the remote, the local VSCode has built-in support for listing running containers, showing images, attaching shells to containers, up/downing compose configs etc etc. Super useful for me since I can never remember the command line for attaching a shell :) I have been really impressed. It is kinda getting to sort of "universal IDE" sort of levels of functionality but it still feels like a lightweight text editor at its heart (extensions help a lot with this I guess - only have what you need). Only negative is load-times are slightly longer than I'd like at perhaps 3 or 4 seconds on my machines.
zamadatix 6y ago
It's like your local VSCode was running on the remote box from a functionality perspective but the local box from a UI perspective. It's pretty straightforward to get going https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/remote/remote-overview https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/remote/remote-overview
sto_hristo 6y ago
Remote with Java works great via SSH for me. With attached debugger to app servers, code completion, and all that. I have literally 0 problems with remote development. It's unbelievable how good VSCode is.

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Is this for JS development? Or a compiled language. Id like to use remote but not sure how easy it is so this is encouraging.

by u678u 6y ago

Is this for JS development? Or a compiled language. Id like to use remote but not sure how easy it is so this is encouraging.

mattlondon 6y ago
I've used VSCode remote development for JS, TS, C++ (with clang), and Golang. It all just works. VSCode even has a built in debugger that just works - I can use the visual debugger in VSCode running on a chromebook to debug JS or C++ running on the remote machine. It all works over some SSH magic that is abstracted away. Breakpoints, call stacks, local variables, step in/out/over etc - all there on your local machine despite the code running on another machine somewhere else. Even if I am working with docker/docker-compose on the remote, the local VSCode has built-in support for listing running containers, showing images, attaching shells to containers, up/downing compose configs etc etc. Super useful for me since I can never remember the command line for attaching a shell :) I have been really impressed. It is kinda getting to sort of "universal IDE" sort of levels of functionality but it still feels like a lightweight text editor at its heart (extensions help a lot with this I guess - only have what you need). Only negative is load-times are slightly longer than I'd like at perhaps 3 or 4 seconds on my machines.
zamadatix 6y ago
It's like your local VSCode was running on the remote box from a functionality perspective but the local box from a UI perspective. It's pretty straightforward to get going https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/remote/remote-overview https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/remote/remote-overview
sto_hristo 6y ago
Remote with Java works great via SSH for me. With attached debugger to app servers, code completion, and all that. I have literally 0 problems with remote development. It's unbelievable how good VSCode is.