![]() When I found Gitpod I liked the general user experience it was similar to vscode but had some extra additions that made more sense in an online environment, such as the ability to open small previews of websites while developing, etc. The main reason I searched for alternatives was that at that point in time I was attempting to use a Chromebook for all my work. All good things come to an end, by December 2019, Cloud9 announced that they were shutting down their standalone service, and instead, Cloud9 would be offered as part of AWS, so, just before I lost access to Cloud9, I started searching for alternatives, ranging from Eclipse Che, Red Hat CodeReady Workspaces, Codeanywhere to StackBlitz, out of all the alternatives the most competent of them was Gitpod. At the time Cloud9 was a free service and was readily available for personal use, I loved the convenience of the service, so much so, that I fully switched from programming locally to programming online for a short period. My first experience with an online code editor was Cloud9 in 2016 (this was before Cloud9 was bought by Amazon and became AWS Cloud9). I have more experience with Gitpod, as it's been around for quite a bit longer than Github Codespaces, however, my experience with online code editors and IDEs is longer than that. This article details my personal experiences with Gitpod and Github Codespaces, these are my opinions and not definitive facts, your experiences may differ from mine. ![]() To get access to personal Github Codespaces you will need to sign up for the beta. Note: Github Codespaces is only free for personal use during its beta period, which might change in the future, for Github Teams and Organizations there is a pay-as-you-go pricing setup. Gitpod and Github Codespaces are both Visual Studio Code based online code editors, with attached Linux dev environment servers, for running terminal tasks in simple terms, both are cloud-based code editors, and are free* to use.
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