sydney-moutia / multiple-dev-container-vscode

An example repo on how to use multiple devcontainer.json files with VS Code.

Working with multiple dev containers in VS Code

Prerequisites

• Dev Containers Extension installed in VS Code.

How to use multiple dev containers in a single VS Code window

• Open local VS Code window on cloned repo.
• From the command palette Dev Containers: Reopen in Container, pick Python Container.
• This will open a new VS Code window connected to the selected container.
• From the command palette Dev Containers: Switch Container, pick Node Container.
• This will reload the VS Code window connected to the selected container.

How to use multiple dev containers in a multiple VS Code window

1. Open local VS Code window on cloned repo.
2. From the command palette Dev Containers: Reopen in Container, pick Python Container.
3. This will open a new VS Code window connected to the selected container.
4. Go to File > New Window.
5. In this new window, from the command palette Dev Containers: Reopen in Container, pick Node Container.
6. This will open a new VS Code window connected to the selected container.

Additional Resources

• Dev Containers Supporting tools and services
• Dev Containers Documentation for VS Code
• Dev Containers Documentation