I have been exploring Docker and containers recently and wanted to know if it is possible to develop directly inside a container? If yes, what are the existing tools?
An example workflow would be:
Suppose I need Java8, Solr, and MySQL for my project. I create a container with all three of those components. Then, I create the project inside the container and develop there directly – somewhat similar to a virtual machine but, a scaled-down version.
If you're using vscode, you can now develop inside a container.
Now there is a new awesome feature in vscode, this feature allows us to connect us to our containers, in fact, we can install vscode extensions in the container, open the terminal in the container and even debug remotely.
You can read more about it in the next article "Developing inside a Container" https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/remote/containers