Dev container

A Microsoft specification for using a Docker container (or multiple, using Docker Compose) as a development environment; supported by:

• VS Code with the Dev Containers extension
• GitHub Codespaces
• Jetbrains IDEs
• Microsoft Visual Studio
• Gitpod
• Neovim
• Vim

Resources

• VS Code Documentation
• Specification
  • Storing container metadata in image labels
• devcontainer-reference.md
• devcontainers/templates - repository for Dev Container Templates that are managed by Dev Container spec maintainers
• devcontainers/template-starter - a template explaining how to author custom Dev Container templates