Works on my machine - the future of developer tools
Wednesday, July 27, 2022 - 7:30 PM UTC, for 1 hour.
Regular, 60 minute presentation
Room: African 60
One of the oldest inside programmer jokes is, “works on my machine!” It’s a joke, because it’s true. 80% of software development is building the thing, and the other 80% is getting it to run somewhere besides the machine where it was built. If we’re going to fix this problem (and we are), we’ve got to get rid of the problem - which - is YOUR machine. In this session, we’ll take a look at how VS Code uses a concept called Remote Development to isolate entire development environments into simple configuration files. Some day, all you’ll need to run and develop any project, is a web browser.
Prerequisites
Basic awareness of Docker and containers.
Take Aways
- Learn how to check your entire development environment into GitHub
- Learn how to open a project on GitHub without cloning it
- Learn how to develop with nothing but a browser
- Learn how to access VS Code without ever installing it
