Access your VS Code environment from any device (code-server and Inlets)
Historically, using a development environment across multiple devices would mean compromises on speed, access, or device options. With VS Code however, developing from any device is much more approachable.
Both of these tools have their advantages and disadvantages. For most of my projects, I develop remotely on cloud servers. With other projects (e.g iOS development), I use my local machine but use tunnels to connect to it from any device.
code-server is an open source project that hosts VS Code in the web browser. It can be installed on a remote server or locally (to make your local environment remote).
Once you have code-server and/or VS Code Remote installed, it’s time to make them accessible remotely. Normally, this would require either port forwarding, configuring firewalls, or a VPN,
If you’ll only be connecting remotely from the web browser, you can use the code-server --link flag to get a public tunneled URL. Instead of authenticating with a password, you’ll be prompted to log in with GitHub. Future logins with the tunneled URL will verify your GitHub account.
