Create development container (VSCode Remote - Containers)
Summary
In order to provide a unified development environment and not require from the contributor to install the necessary dependencies, remote containers would be useful and solve that problem.
https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/remote/containers
What is the expected behavior?
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Given:
devcontainer.json
exists - Given: Visual Studio Code Remote is active
- Given: Contributor trusts the author/repository
- Expect: A prompt should be available to open the working directory inside a container
- Expect: The environment inside the container should include all dependencies we need to work productively
- Expect: The documentation should contain a note