feat: 🔧 Added devcontainer file. Needs to be tested first!

[lwjohnst86]

I haven't fully been able to test it, since I think I have issues with my Docker install. But I think it should work. Can any of you test it out by pulling this branch, opening the project in VS Code and selecting the pop-up that says "open in Dev Container". Then after it builds and starts up, go to the Terminal and type out "just build-website".

Closes #32

[K-Beicher]

Tried to, I'm sure I'm just missing a step here, what do I need to run in order to get the pop-up?

[lwjohnst86]

ah you're right, I forgot to add the vscode extension to the vscode folder. I'll fix that than push it up

[lwjohnst86]

I added it. The other thing I forgot to mention is that to open the Dev Container, you also need open Docker, so it is running in the background.

[K-Beicher]

Tested and works fine here

[signekb]

I'm not getting the pop-up to open in a dev container. I have Docker Desktop open (and have switched to the feat/devcontainer branch ofc). What am I missing? @K-Beicher @lwjohnst86

[lwjohnst86]

Have you installed the recommended extensions? Otherwise, try using the command palette and typing "reopen in dev container".

[K-Beicher]

It may also be that the notification just didn't pop up, mine disappear after a short while.

[K-Beicher]

Just for future reference, the notification may be hiding, in which case it can be found by clicking on the bell icon in the bottom right corner.

[signekb]

AH, I found the little notification bell with @K-Beicher 's help. Not exactly screaming for attention 😛
It seems to work here as well!

[signekb]

@lwjohnst86
Do we want the vs extensions we use to come installed in the dev container? Or do we want to keep that separate?

[lwjohnst86]

@signekb hmmm, I think because we have the recommended extensions already in the settings.json file, it will install them after you've opened the devcontainer and selected "yes" to installing the recommended extensions. There might be a way to install it automatically though. The tricky part is the devcontainers aren't just a vscode thing, but also available in PyCharm. Which doesn't have extensions.

[signekb]

@lwjohnst86 Ah, yeah, very good point. I think you're right - let's keep the extensions in the .vscode/settings.json

[signekb]

Works for me too 👍
Added myself as reviewer so it can be merged (2 reviews needed)