Gitlab is reinventing its Web IDE to better support remote development in cloud-based environments. The new Web IDE became available in beta for everyone last month and is already enabled by default on https://about.gitlab.com/.

The Web IDE also builds on what VS Code offers, adding (for example) custom extensions that handle tracking changes to the file system, committing those changes to the repository using the GitLab https://thenewstack.io/what-tns-readers-want-in-2023-more-devops-api-coverage/, and establishing a connection to a remote development environment, he told The New Stack.

More Cloud Development Support in IDE https://thenewstack.io/the-rise-of-cloud-development-and-the-end-of-localhost/ — or as GitLab terms it, remote development — is a key focus for the beta Web IDE.

Developers can start a live preview with a development web server from the terminal when remote development environments are available with on-demand cloud development environments, he added.

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