Start vscode from github.com

It's not something new, but it's probably not known well enough: by browsing any GitHub repository like e.g. https://github.com/cavo789/blog, you can just press . (the dot key) on your keyboard to start VS Code online to see the current repository in vscode.dev.

Here is the blog in vscode.dev: https://github.dev/cavo789/blog.

This is the lightest of three ways to code without a local VSCode. The two others: a full VSCode in your browser via Docker and SSH Remote development with VSCode.

But what's the point? Why would I need it​

Imagine you are not at home, on your own computer, and you want to change your repository?

But also that you are on a bus/train/plane and want to correct a typo you've just seen.

You may also want to make a very small update like changing your readme.md file. It is really faster to do it online than having to clone/update the project on your computer, make the change, add/commit/push it.

This trick is limited to GitHub repositories though. If you need a real, full editor on a machine where VSCode isn't installed, run it as a container instead: Do I need VSCode on my machine to use it?.

Just browse to your repository using your smartphone, nothing more than using a basic web browser, change the extension to .dev and bingo, you can start editing your repository (or the one of someone else if you want to suggest a Pull request (aka a PR)).

Read more on https://github.com/github/dev or https://docs.github.com/en/codespaces/the-githubdev-web-based-editor.