Try Out Development Containers: Python

This is a sample project that lets you try out the VS Code Remote - Containers extension in a few easy steps.

Note: If you're following the quick start, you can jump to the Things to try section.

Setting up the development container

Follow these steps to open this sample in a container:

1. If this is your first time using a development container, please follow the getting started steps.

2. To use this repository, you can either open the repository in an isolated Docker volume:

   • Press F1 and select the Remote-Containers: Try a Sample... command.
   • Choose the "Python" sample, wait for the container to start and try things out!

     Note: Under the hood, this will use Remote-Containers: Open Repository in Container... command to clone the source code in a Docker volume instead of the local filesystem.

   Or open a locally cloned copy of the code:

   • Clone this repository to your local filesystem.
   • Press F1 and select the Remote-Containers: Open Folder in Container... command.
   • Select the cloned copy of this folder, wait for the container to start, and try things out!

Things to try

Once you have this sample opened in a container, you'll be able to work with it like you would locally.

Note: This container runs as a non-root user with sudo access by default. Comment out "remoteUser": "vscode" in .devcontainer/devcontainer.json if you'd prefer to run as root.

Some things to try:

1. Edit:

   • Open app.py
   • Try adding some code and check out the language features.

2. Terminal:

   • Press ctrl+shift+` to open a terminal window.

   • Type python -m flask run --port 9000 --no-debugger --no-reload to run the app.

   • Open a local browser and go to http://localhost:9000 to see the running app.

     Tip: If you use this container outside of VS Code via docker run with -p 9000, you may need to append --host 0.0.0.0 to the command above. The -p option "publishes" the port rather than forwarding it. It therefore will not work if the application only listens to localhost. The forwardPorts property in devcontainer.json does not have this limitation, but you can use appPort property instead if you want to mirror the docker run behavior.

3. Build, Run, and Debug:

   • Open app.py
   • Add a breakpoint (e.g. on line 9).
   • Press F5 to launch the app in the container.
   • Once the breakpoint is hit, try hovering over variables (e.g. the app variable on line 7), examining locals, and more.
   • Continue, then open a local browser and go to http://localhost:9000 and note you can connect to the server in the container

4. Forward another port:

   • Stop debugging and remove the breakpoint.
   • Open .vscode/launch.json
   • Change the server port to 5000 on line 20. ("--port","5000")
   • Press F5 to launch the app in the container.
   • Press F1 and run the Forward a Port command.
   • Select port 5000.
   • Click "Open Browser" in the notification that appears to access the web app on this new port.

5. Run from the command line

   • Press ctrl+shift+` to open a terminal window

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Contributing

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License

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Licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE in the project root for license information.