Dev Containers

Dev containers allow you to run your complete development environment in a container without having to install anything locally other than Docker and an editor. In contrast to Docker-based Development, it integrates your editor much better so that things like debugging and code navigation work as if you were running everything locally. Both VS Code and PyCharm Professional support dev containers.

VS Code

Prerequisites

• You need to have Docker installed and running

• You need to have Microsoft’s Dev Containers extension installed

Running a dev container

If you have your repo open in VS Code, you can click on the double-arrow icon on the bottom left in VS Code, then select Reopen in Container. Alternatively, open the command pallette via F1 or Ctrl+Shift+P or Cmd+Shift+P, respectively, and search for Dev Containers: Reopen in Container.

To use Git via dev containers, follow Sharing Git credentials with your container.

PyCharm Professional

See the PyCharm docs.