---
title: "IDE as a Code with GitHub Codespaces in Visual Studio Code"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/ide-as-a-code-with-github-codespaces-in-visual-studio-code-ygnjnwyqo
source_url: https://geekflare.com/github-codespaces-in-visual-studio-code/
type: article
source: "Geekflare"
published: 2021-11-24T10:03:04.408Z
updated: 2026-03-15T03:15:15.487Z
tags: ["containers", "devtools", "general-programming", "github"]
reading_time: 7
upvotes: 14
comments: 1
language: en
---

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# IDE as a Code with GitHub Codespaces in Visual Studio Code

**[Geekflare](https://daily.dev/sources/geekflare)** · 7 min read · 14 upvotes · 1 comments

## Summary

GitHub codespaces is a cloud environment that is accessible from a browser and has all the features necessary for developing dedicated code. To use this feature, you must have Docker installed on your machine. It is also necessary to install the Remote Containers extension, which will help us build the development environment.

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**@loftwah** · 1 upvotes

> This actually broke my brain for a second there haha.

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