So Microsoft remote development guidance now focuses on some of those newer efforts, like GitHub Codespaces. Those efforts build on the SSH/containers/WSL approach and include various browser-based VS Code implementations. Relatively recently, Microsoft and Microsoft-owned GitHub have made many moves to position it further for remote development, especially apropos in these times of pandemic-driven home-based enterprise development amid a more general move to more distributed, collaborative development approaches.

The Newer Way (with GitHub Codespaces) (source: Microsoft). This means that VS Code can provide a local-quality development experience - including full IntelliSense (completions), debugging, and more - regardless of where your code is located or hosted.' The Remote Development FAQ says: 'The Visual Studio Code Remote Development extension pack allows you to open any folder in a container, on a remote machine (via SSH), or in the Windows Subsystem for Linux and take advantage of VS Code's full feature set. Remote development functionality, of course, is provided via an extension, this one being installed more than 2.8 million times, though it's still in preview. Debug an application running somewhere else such as a customer site or in the cloud.Access an existing development environment from multiple machines or locations.Develop your Linux-deployed applications using the Windows Subsystem for Linux.Use tools or runtimes not available on your local OS or manage multiple versions of them.Make it easy for new contributors to get started and keep everyone on a consistent environment.Separate your development environment to avoid impacting your local machine configuration.Develop on the same operating system you deploy to or use larger or more specialized hardware.

Microsoft's VS Code Remote Development guidance explains how developers can use a container, remote machine or the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) as a full-featured development environment, enabling them to: The lightweight open source-based, cross-platform code editor - a distant cousin to the full-fledged Visual Studio IDE - has long enjoyed enormous popularity due to all the functionality available in a huge mrketplace of extensions that can make it feel and act like an IDE. Visual Studio Code has emerged as the go-to remote development tool in many areas far outside the Microsoft-centric developer ecosystem.

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