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This seems like a complete waste since https://vscode.dev https://vscode.dev etc exist. Why would anyone want to develop inside of a walled garden?

tbenst 3y ago
The web version you linked does not support the remote SSH extension, which is critical for many folks workflows. I can’t do any work without that extension. I’m curious if the android version supports this extension?
- deleted 3y ago
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- userland_tech 3y ago
  Yes. It supports extensions.
  - tbenst 3y ago
    Thanks for the response! So does vscode.dev, but it doesn’t support “Remote - SSH.” Could you confirm if this specific extension is functional? To expand, for Remote - SSH to fully function it must read a ~/.ssh/config file as well.
    - userland_tech 3y ago
      I didn't read thoroughly enough. I have not tried that one yet. It should work as many people use SSH from the UserLAnd app, which this is similar to. If you try it out before we do, remember that android blocks apps from using the first 1k ports, so you have to run ssh on port 2022 or something like that, instead of the normal port 22. I will make a point of getting that working if it doesn't.
- seabrookmx 3y ago
  It's certainly not as ergonomic as using the SSH extension directly, but you can SSH manually to your dev box, open a vscode tunnel, then connect to that from vscode.dev in a pinch.
- Iaison 3y ago
  Shells offers an Android OS on the platform with the ability to SSH.
hedora 3y ago
Is there an open source / self hosted version of that (preferably with support for remote ssh, since it should be easy to support in a self-hosted environment)
satvikpendem 3y ago
Ironic that you call it a walled garden when the online version is not self hostable as actual VSCode is and is offered online at Microsoft's sole discretion.
qingcharles 3y ago
Microsoft's version does not work on mobile. I have tried many times to make it work on Chrome on Android, but it just isn't designed to work on a small screen and is unusable. It's sad. When I got out of jail all I had was smartphones I would borrow from friends and the only way I could end up developing sanely was to open a terminal to a Linux box and just use nano instead, which meant no IDE with auto-complete, syntax lookups, formatting and most importantly, debugging.
- seniorivn 3y ago
  it's probably not as obvious when you are just out of jail(which is a shame, being locked up should be exactly the time when you can educate yourself, but not in real life probably) But using linux terminal as devbox doesnt mean you dont have access to modern auto-complete syntax lookups formating etc, there are vim/neovim/emacs with any kind of configurations for all of it, and it can be preconfigured by others with projects like https://github.com/AstroNvim/AstroNvim https://github.com/AstroNvim/AstroNvim or https://github.com/syl20bnr/spacemacs https://github.com/syl20bnr/spacemacs So if you know anyone in the same kind of situation, you can advise them to use that.

tbenst 3y ago

The web version you linked does not support the remote SSH extension, which is critical for many folks workflows. I can’t do any work without that extension. I’m curious if the android version supports this extension?

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userland_tech 3y ago
Yes. It supports extensions.
- tbenst 3y ago
  Thanks for the response! So does vscode.dev, but it doesn’t support “Remote - SSH.” Could you confirm if this specific extension is functional? To expand, for Remote - SSH to fully function it must read a ~/.ssh/config file as well.
  - userland_tech 3y ago
    I didn't read thoroughly enough. I have not tried that one yet. It should work as many people use SSH from the UserLAnd app, which this is similar to. If you try it out before we do, remember that android blocks apps from using the first 1k ports, so you have to run ssh on port 2022 or something like that, instead of the normal port 22. I will make a point of getting that working if it doesn't.
seabrookmx 3y ago
It's certainly not as ergonomic as using the SSH extension directly, but you can SSH manually to your dev box, open a vscode tunnel, then connect to that from vscode.dev in a pinch.
Iaison 3y ago
Shells offers an Android OS on the platform with the ability to SSH.

hedora 3y ago

Is there an open source / self hosted version of that (preferably with support for remote ssh, since it should be easy to support in a self-hosted environment)

satvikpendem 3y ago

Ironic that you call it a walled garden when the online version is not self hostable as actual VSCode is and is offered online at Microsoft's sole discretion.

qingcharles 3y ago

Microsoft's version does not work on mobile. I have tried many times to make it work on Chrome on Android, but it just isn't designed to work on a small screen and is unusable. It's sad. When I got out of jail all I had was smartphones I would borrow from friends and the only way I could end up developing sanely was to open a terminal to a Linux box and just use nano instead, which meant no IDE with auto-complete, syntax lookups, formatting and most importantly, debugging.

seniorivn 3y ago
it's probably not as obvious when you are just out of jail(which is a shame, being locked up should be exactly the time when you can educate yourself, but not in real life probably) But using linux terminal as devbox doesnt mean you dont have access to modern auto-complete syntax lookups formating etc, there are vim/neovim/emacs with any kind of configurations for all of it, and it can be preconfigured by others with projects like https://github.com/AstroNvim/AstroNvim https://github.com/AstroNvim/AstroNvim or https://github.com/syl20bnr/spacemacs https://github.com/syl20bnr/spacemacs So if you know anyone in the same kind of situation, you can advise them to use that.