The GitLab Web IDE was already built on Monaco, which is the browser-based code editor also used by Visual Studio Code. Support for vim, JetBrains editors, Xcode, or other IDEs will come as the category reaches Complete or Loveable maturity,” says its pubic plan. “The vast majority of developers are using VS Code and facilitating the connection between a VS Code client and host simplifies the architecture. GitLab intends only to support VS Code with its remote environments. “Our initial iterations for Remote Development will be focused on integrating with existing cloud providers like Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud, or Microsoft Azure … we will eventually look to offer a fully-managed option within GitLab,” the documentation states. Gitlab’s aim is that “you can define a remote development environment and quickly provision pre-built environments on either your own cloud provider or using shared GitLab compute.” This ambition is some distance from being fulfilled, but the Web IDE Beta should be able to connect to environments hosted outside GitLab from December 22 nd. The big deal here is remote development, the ability to compile, test and debug applications on a remote server or container with no local dependencies other than the web browser. There are a number of features on the to-do list, beyond extensions and project-wide search. The extension option in the GitLab Web IDE displays a message: “The extension marketplace has been disabled … stay tuned!” Another missing feature is project-wide search, though the Web IDE can search across all files open on tabs in the active browser Window.
One disappointment is that VS Code extensions are not supported, neither from the official VS Code marketplace, nor from the unencumbered Open VSX registry. Self-managed users will get the new editor in the 15.7 release which is set to be released on December 22 nd, though in this case it will be behind a feature flag. Users will get it automatically (though there is an opt-out).
The new Web IDE is described as Beta but is nevertheless now the default across GitLab. GitLab’s new Web IDE based on Visual Studio Code GitLab has rebuilt its Web IDE based on Microsoft’s open-source Visual Studio Code, despite that product’s close association with competitor GitHub.
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