I used to be able to open GitHub repositories in an online VSCode editor within my browser by pressing the "." shortcut on my keyboard.

However, it appears that this shortcut no longer works. Does anyone know how I can open a GitHub repo in VSCode in the browser directly from GitHub?

If it's no longer available, could someone confirm if GitHub has removed this feature and why it was removed?

Thanks!

While trying to run vscode in browser(using vscode.dev), I saw that the debugging extensions are not supported in browser version of vscode.
But when I tried running a starter template of github codespaces(nodejs/express template), it opens vscode in browser which allows debugging. How does debugging work here and not in a regular vscode.dev instance running in the browser. Is there some abstraction/work around they have created? can anyone suggest if remote debugging using vscode in browser is possible without codespaces?

Hi Guys, I hope you are doing well. Recenly I came to know that its possible to use VS code in browser ● let x = 2 • Untitled-1 - default (Workspace) - Visual Studio Code (vscode.dev)

I relaised that we stil cant run code in browser whether that be JS or python or any other language

I was wondering is there any way we can install a cloud terminal or something that will allow us to run code in the browser

I just learned that you can actually do VS code in the browser. See a lot of benefit to this mainly being you can have your IDE be universal regardless of how you access it. But I feel like there's bound to be drawbacks or else everybody would use it. Anyone have experience with this and share the pros and cons

I posted this reddit post using the integrated browser inside vscode.

Command Palette: Browser: Open Integrated Browser

My son's school Chromebook is limited to using VS Code fro the Web. It can't use the desktop client. I want my son to have access to GitHub Copilot to help his Python learning.

My son and I collaborate using GitHub Codespaces. This official documentation page seems to suggest that if you want to use GitHub Copilot with VS Code Web client, you just install it from the market place. But when we tried to do that, the extension refused to be installed on the Web client.

Are we doing something wrong? How can we get GitHub Copilot on VSCode Web?

Both are VSCode in a browser. Both can be elevated into a fully integrated development environment via preinstalled GitHub Codespaces VSCode extension by selecting `>Codespaces Create New Codespace...` from the command palette. So what's their actual difference and why would I use one over another?

Who is the owner and what is the purpose of these projects?

Both are microsoft anyway ¯\_(ツ)_/¯, but is one from the github team, while the other from vscode team?

I've never said, written, or spoken this out loud, but today I'm in the mood for some downvotes and angry comments.

It just blows my mind that the entire industry just agreed to do professional engineering inside a stripped-down Chrome tab. Yes, you can even use VS Code in the browser. Have you noticed that it's not called an "IDE"? It's a "code editor," just like apps like Zed are (don't get me started on this; I've read about people who actually use Zed as their "IDE").

It's outright garbage, sorry! It's a barren wasteland that makes you download a dozen useless plugins by college kids just to get it to indent stuff properly. You’re not setting up an actual dev environment; you're Frankenstein-ing something together and crossing your fingers that Microsoft's next forced update doesn't totally wipe out your language server. And for what? To waste 4GB of RAM on Electron just to blink a cursor? How utterly quaint.

Since we’re in this sub, let's talk about Copilot. Don't get me wrong: Copilot itself is a brilliant service. Ten bucks a month is absurdly cheap for a service that provides this many LLMs at a fair price. But it all gets ruined when you use Copilot inside VS Code. Like dropping a Ferrari engine into a golf cart. Because VS Code has the semantic depth of a puddle, it bottlenecks the AI. Copilot is forced to guess your project context based on whatever random tabs you happen to have open. The inline suggestions end up fighting with native IntelliSense like two drunks in a parking lot. And the chat integration is just a clunky webview slapped into a sidebar.

Try renaming a variable in a huge monorepo and watch it meltdown. "Go to definition" is basically a coin flip, and its indexing is just a glorified find-and-replace game for wannabe React devs who think that makes them experts. You spend more time fixing JSON configs than actually coding business logic. The UI feels counterintuitive and cheap, kind of like a toy, held up by telemetry and corporate Stockholm syndrome.

If you do this for a living, just spend the money and buy JetBrains IDEs. They have cheap bundles and an education plan that gives you a free license. PhpStorm, WebStorm, or whatever - they actually understand your code out of the box without a dozen crappy extensions. When you use AI tools in a real IDE, they actually have access to a proper AST and real project indexing. Or grow a pair, open a terminal, and learn Neovim. Drop the mouse, own your setup, and quit wasting your CPU on Microsoft’s spyware junk.

Oh, but it's free, you say? Guess what: JetBrains' WebStorm has a free version as well. It has its own problems, I must admit that, but at least I feel I'm in an actual IDE surrounded by tools that are actually helpful.

You may downvote me now into oblivion.

Edit: Thanks to whoever gave me that award. But you'll better stay quiet: the SS Cod-- sorry, VS Code army is strong.

Hey everyone!

I know i’m going to sound pretty stupid for this but i’ve looked all over youtube and all of the videos are from years ago or don’t really explain it well in my opinion. Can someone here explain to me in the most basic terms how to use github and vs code together so that i’m able to access my code from both my laptop and desktop

update: thank you so much everyone! i was able to figure it out