Asking about Codespaces

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Hi Everyone,
I need your help in understanding the Codespaces platform

[lemorage]

I think u could check out the official docs here for more details: https://github.com/features/codespaces. They’ve done a great job explaining what it’s all about. Besides, if u know about gitpod, they're sort of the same in essence.

But to put it simply, u could just regard Codespaces as just another computer you have access to (but on cloud). It runs on Ubuntu by default and comes with some handy tools pre-installed. Upon my case, I mostly use it for some projects I don't want to clone on my local—I’ll spin up a Codespace, set up all the dependencies I need for this proj, and get to work directly on it (so my disk space is saved huh). Super convenient!

[kareem1207]

Code spaces are just like virtual code editor, they are used if you don't have a editor nearby

[MohamedMagdy63]

GitHub Codespaces is a cloud-based development environment hosted by GitHub that provides instant, customizable, and fully-configured environments for software development. It is designed to improve productivity and eliminate the need for local setup.