Adding a button that opens the repo in an online IDE with a free tier for quick testing without the need of performing any environment setup activities. Online IDE being - gitpod.
This is quite a common method of opening a repo , which can be seen in THIS popular repo.
Impact
NIL - No changes to actual source code of core files.
Addition of markdown ONLY.
When an instance is opened in gitpod, a un important .gitpod.yml file is created with the following setup script.
# This configuration file was automatically generated by Gitpod.
# Please adjust to your needs (see https://www.gitpod.io/docs/config-gitpod-file)
# and commit this file to your remote git repository to share the goodness with others.
tasks:
- init: pnpm install && pnpm run build
command: pnpm run start
Demo
DEMO VID - Of opening the repo in gitpod, downloadable , hosted on dropbox
Motivation
Impact
.gitpod.yml
file is created with the following setup script.Demo
DEMO VID - Of opening the repo in gitpod, downloadable , hosted on dropbox