Codespace Base (My own implementation)

This repository is a ready-to-use GitHub Codespace setup fors HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Java. Everything you need is pre-installed. No local setup required, though you're free to do so.

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Quick Start

1. Fork this repository

   • Click the Fork button on GitHub.

2. Create a Codespace

   • Open your forked repo on GitHub.
   • Go to https://github.com/codespaces/new?repo=<YOUR_USERNAME>/codespace-base. (Remove the <>)
   • Your setting should be as such:
   • Wait a few minutes while the container builds. It will install:
     • Node.js & npm
     • Java 17
     • Git
     • http-server
     • VS Code extensions for HTML, CSS, JS, and Java

3. Open the terminal

   • Check your tools (test commands in bash):

node -v
npm -v
java -version
http-server --version
git --version

4. Test a simple project

mkdir web-test
echo "<h1>Hello Codespace</h1>" > web-test/index.html
cd web-test
http-server

• Click the forwarded port link in Codespaces to see your page in the browser.

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Tips

• Find all your Codespaces: https://github.com/codespaces
• Save your work often using Git:

git add .
git commit -m "My first changes"
git push

• If you did the last one, then: Don't be worried about your terminal breaking.

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How to do this on your own :)

• GitHub Codespaces Documentation
• Dev Containers Documentation
• VS Code Remote Development
• Dockerfile Reference