A few years ago, we realized that the web was approaching a critical inflection point. The advent of WebAssembly and new functional APIs has made it seem possible to write a WebAssembly-based operating system that is powerful enough to run Node.js , entirely in your browser. We envision a great development environment that is faster , safer , and more consistent than a local environment, enabling seamless code collaboration without setting up a local environment.
This sounds far-fetched. But if the web now runs complete environments for graphic designers , video editors , and rich document editing , we wonder: Will developers eventually be able to use the web to build the web?
We decided to give it a try. We expect the best and we expect the worst. Two years later (time flies so fast ?), the results have turned into unexpected and amazing results.
Today we are happy to announce WebContainers .
WebContainers allow you to create a full-stack Node.js environment that starts in milliseconds and is instantly online and link-shared—with just one click. The environment is loaded with VS Code’s powerful editing experience, full terminal, npm, and more. It’s also completely in your browser …
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