Code Server (Vs code online)

[fbartels]

@enabl-ist was curious if this is related to "code server", but it seems to be something newly done without any relations to the existing project.

https://github.com/cdr/code-server/discussions/4267

similar discussion in the "openvscode" project https://github.com/gitpod-io/openvscode-server/discussions/99

[Enabl.ist]

@fbartels indeed it looks like two different projects, with (kind of) the same goal... What I read is that the gitpod version is more simplified in features. I haven't had time to test it myself, just wanted to let the community know of this similar project.

[fbartels]

Microsoft has joined the game as well https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2021/10/20/vscode-dev

[plusone-nick]

@murgero jw if you still have a repo for this as the original link is dead =/

[murgero]

@plusone-nick my github has a repo, status is unknown as it's been a long time since I've touched it

https://github.com/mitchellurgero

https://github.com/mitchellurgero/cloudron-vscode-package

Note: this uses an old version of vscode and needs to be updated.

[ajtatum]

So, this thread seems to have died and wanted to revive it as it would be great to have vs-code online be a part of Cloudron. For me, I look to Cloudron to be a platform that hosts publicly facing apps, but have the security with Cloudron. This is something that can be easy to install on Home Assistant or my TrueNAS Scale system, but for it to function it's best it needs to be accessible over HTTPS... and that's where the problem comes in. It may not be "privacy focused" but it's one of the most commonly used development tools and it would be nice to have VS Code IDE available anywhere, whether from my desktop or tablet. Having it within Cloudron would be super helpful.

[murgero]

@ajtatum My repo above is able to be installed - I still haven't updated it tho.

[ajtatum]

@murgero I appreciate it, but I'd prefer an updated version and it be officially supported/maintained by Cloudron.

[murgero]

@ajtatum eventually when I get around to updating it and adding the automated tests I plan to submit it to cloudron but life has been getting in the way

[c0decafe]

put one together https://github.com/c0decafe/cloudron-codeserver

[girish]

@c0decafe this looks awesome If you can throw in a LICENSE , I can move it over to our gitlab for publishing.

[murgero]

I have a working package ready to go on the gitlab linked in the OP above somewhere. @c0decafe what does yours do differently than mine? Though I do like your repo certainly looks cleaner than mine lol

[girish]

@murgero oh, i missed yours. It seems is extended over LAMP app but @c0decafe is better because it's from scratch and only has the necessary things. Also, it seems your repo installs things like .net which @c0decafe does not. Not sure if those are needed or not.

[doodlemania2]

Would be good to have .net I think so one can work with the language, no? Or is that superfluous??

[murgero]

@girish Yea I like @c0decafe's as it's definitely cleaner.

Mine installs some basic developer environments like powershell, .net, node, etc so actual code can be compiled and tested in-app. IDK if it should be included with @c0decafe's, but I think it is a QOL thing.

Edit: Now I remember why I built it over the LAMP app - so PHP apps can be developed in full (including MySQL). Could be cleaned up and tbh I haven't maintained it so it's probably better to use @c0decafe's anyway.

So his repo gets an upvote from me!

[girish]

It seems a license file appeared upstream, so I will add this to our internal list.

[c0decafe]

Yes, I updated the package with (un)license, impermanent home dir and a few other tweaks.

As for language support, I can't think of any clean implementation within the current scope.

As a matter of fact, my primary use case for this package is, counterintuitively, not development, but rather a power editor with extensions, ie: markdown editor with git integration, dendron, etc..

The only way to make it scale for actual software dev within the scope of a cloudron app would be leveraging (abusing?) the docker addon.

The best candidate is coder, from the same team that maintains code-server: https://github.com/coder/coder

You can find a poc at https://github.com/c0decafe/cloudron-coder, but actually starting containers doesn't work yet.

Upstream VSCode also has a nifty devcontainers extension to do just that:

• https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/devcontainers/containers
• https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-vscode-remote.remote-containers

It is however unfortunately not supported on web platforms right now:

Another alternative currently available on cloudron is the GitLab webide, but:

1. No extensions support (yet)
   https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/355092
2. No run/debug support (yet)
3. Requires manually installed remote runtimes
   https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/remote_development/

[girish]

@c0decafe I don't know vscode that well enough. But does it allow connecting an external server to launch docker containers ? (instead of using the docker addon). If so, that's the ideal setup imo. Trying to use cloudron's internal docker network to launch app dev containters will bomb spectacularly at some point

[c0decafe]

@girish I dropped the idea of using docker for the code-server package, latest push removed the docker dependencies.

I'll add README when I get the chance.

Remote docker should work for coder however, also supports all major public clouds, but that's for another thread I suppose.

[timconsidine]

@girish are you planning to add @c0decafe package to App Store ?

Personally I don’t see much advantage of having an online dev environment without some dev languages, as @murgero does. But interested to try.

@murgero is your repo available ?