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title: "Finally, a browser based IDE I can use"
date: 2020-05-15T00:00:00+00:00
author: "poornerd"
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Ok, so I am not 100% sure that this will work so well with Java applications that I typically write, but I wanted to attempt
a full cloud-based development experience again with IDE, git repository, and build and deployment all in the cloud.
With ([Visual Studio Codespaces](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/services/visual-studio-codespaces)) I could theoretically code from my kid's Chromebooks.

![Visual Studio Codespaces](/images/posts/visual-studio-online-hero.png){:class="img-fluid w-100"}

It seems (almost) as full featured as Visual Studio Code which I have been increasingly using for Javascript and Frontend development, so I was immediately able to use it.

I signed up today (see link above), and got 1 year free on Azure to "test it".  I was able to migrate this blog (based on Jekyll) to cloud based development, AND setup deployment with GitHub Actions today. I am writing the blog post in Visual Studio Codespaces in the browser.  Now I just need to save, commit and push...