Dev Containers - What Are They and Why Do You Need Them

Explore the power of Dev Containers in this informative conference talk from NDC Oslo 2023. Learn how to streamline onboarding processes, manage multiple SDK/framework versions, and eliminate the "It works on my machine" problem. Discover how Visual Studio Code, Docker, and the Dev Containers extension can revolutionize your development workflow. Follow along as the speaker demonstrates setting up a dev container, supporting application development without local SDK/framework installations, and even running, editing, and debugging projects directly from GitHub.com. Gain valuable insights into improving team collaboration, maintaining cleaner development machines, and enhancing project portability.

Dev Containers. What are they and why do you need them? - Joseph Guadagno - NDC Oslo 2023