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Connecting to a Codespace from VS Code

Connecting to a Codespace from VS Code - Codespaces Tutorial

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Connecting to a Codespace from VS Code

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- As someone who mostly uses VS Code, I was a little annoyed that the Codespaces keyboard shortcuts don't exactly match the VS Code shortcuts, due to browser limitations. To solve this, I connect to Codespaces from VS Code directly, which also gives me improved performance, automatic port forwarding to my local computer, and lets me create Codespaces directly from VS Code. In this video, let's learn how to connect to a Codespace from a local copy of VS Code. I already have VS Code installed, but you can visit the link on screen to download it for yourself. Once installed, search for GitHub Codespaces in the extensions tab on the activity bar in VS Code. After it installs, select the remote explorer menu in the activity bar. Be assure you're viewing GitHub Codespaces at the top. If you have other extensions installed, you might have multiple options here. You'll also have to sign into GitHub so VS Code can access your…

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