Production-ready support of VS Code as a Che editor

[l0rd]

Is your enhancement related to a problem? Please describe

Running VS Code as editor in Che workspaces

Describe the solution you'd like

• New workspace model to run VS Code as a Che editor #20435
• Using OpenVSX instead of MS marketplace
• Add /projects subfolders to VS Code explorer when opening the workspace #20569 @azatsarynnyy
• Include VS Code editor in che plugin registry #20505 @benoitf
• Provides dashboard library for VS Code editor #20679 @benoitf
• Add a factory link parameter to specify the editor #20508 @benoitf
• Remove iframe of the editor in dashboard #20523 @benoitf
• CI to update to lastest upstream VS Code (through PR and checks) @benoitf
• CheCode is not opening the correct folder when starting #20870 @benoitf
• Disable the built-in telemetry reporter in Che-Code #21122
• VS Code init container optimization (one unique init container to run task in parallel) @benoitf
• Airgap support for VS Code as an Eclipse Che editor #20549 @benoitf
• Validate full air gap scenario with che-code #21443 @svor
• Support Devfile commands in Che-Code #21030 @azatsarynnyy
• (Universal) Idling for DevWorkspace based workspaces #20345 @ibuziuk
• When using Visual Studio Code as a Che editor, the lines in the terminal are truncated and overlap #21473 @azatsarynnyy
• VS Code loading twice at workspace startup #21400 @azatsarynnyy
• An unexpected error occurred for a not secure connection at using Open Folder command #21392 @azatsarynnyy
• Che machine exec fails to start if the devfile has a post start event (Che-Code is the editor) #21431 @azatsarynnyy
• Make VS Code the default editor @ibuziuk @svor
• Documentation updates @themr0c
• QE: Add a happy path test using VS Code @dmytro-ndp

Additional context

Downstream:

• Productize che-code @RomanNikitenko
• Include VSCode in OpenShift Dev Spaces (plugin-registry and samples) @svor
• Multi arch support @Kasturi1820

Describe alternatives you've considered

Issues removed from this epic

• Use of the devfile universal images in Che samples #20507 (vscode subtasks are done)
• validate that everything works with Che single host configuration (it looks like that's working)
• Users can select the editor when starting an example from Che Dashboard #20627 (that may be a nice to have but not required)
• [che-code] Port SSH plugin from che-theia to che-code #21341 (not a requirement yet)
• Implement ExternalURL in VS Code (what is this for?)

[benoitf]

cc @sleshchenko if you can include in your next sprint
devfile/devworkspace-operator#628
devfile/devworkspace-operator#629

as it's blocking introduction of this editor in the plug-in registry.

[trust-freedom]

• Using OpenVSX instead of MS marketplace.
• Use the plugin registry as an alternative to OpenVSX.

So in the future, can I directly use OpenVSX marketplace to install extensions in the "Production-ready support of VS Code"? Or must che plugin mode be used?

[benoitf]

hello @trust-freedom

There are multiple ways so maybe you can express your wishes.

Using OpenVSX directly won't work for airgap mode so we would still need the registry to embed vsix (as of today with offline image of plug-in registry). Also sometimes we may want to add some pre-defined properties

But, plug-in registry could work as a proxy to open-vsx.org (or another in-house instance) or plug-in registry could sync from a predefined/configurable list of extensions or also users could directly use a different registry (like open-vsx.org)

[azatsarynnyy]

added

• Support Devfile commands in Che-Code #21030

[azatsarynnyy]

added

• Disable the built-in telemetry reporter in Che-Code #21122

[azatsarynnyy]

I've removed #21080 from the sub-task list, as it's not relevant anymore.

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