Visual Studio Code adds port forwarding (infoworld.com)

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[dead] sposeray 2y ago ↗

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38 2y ago ↗

> Visual Studio 1.82, the newest iteration of Microsoft’s popular open source code editor

Visual Studio != Visual Studio code

deodar 2y ago ↗

Looks like it applies to vscode too

https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_82

hddqsb 2y ago ↗

It applies only to VS Code.

d1sxeyes 2y ago ↗

I guess it only applies to VS Code. The version number is wrong and the description of “open source” don’t apply to Visual Studio. Mistake is in the article.

nsonha 2y ago ↗

This has been possible in live share since the beginning. I guess now they’ve just made it built-in and a standalone thing.

jayemar 2y ago ↗

According to the docs[0], you need to log in to Github in order to share a port. Can anyone explain why this would be necessary? I understand it if the port is set up as private (as explained in the doc), but not if it's set up as public. Is the traffic being routed through h Github? 0: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/port-forwarding

hddqsb 2y ago ↗

The answer is almost certainly "abuse". Traffic is routed through a "service hosted in Azure" (probably not GitHub specifically). They're just using GitHub sign-in to apply per-user limits etc.

cosmotic 2y ago ↗

"Port forwarding" is a misleading name for this. "Proxy through Azure tunnel" seems more appropriate.