Well, the web app is interacting with a host system too — the host just happens to be different than your web browser environment.
I mean, yes, there are some differences between the two (and keep in mind you can also access a Codespace via a locally installed copy of VS Code in a remote development environment, where the remote dev environment is the Codespace VM), but as far as I know, there are very few differences between how a remote environment locally works vs a remote environment using the browser-hosted editor.
You’re correct when you say there are differences, but I still feel like “full” experience is accurate. Full doesn’t have to mean 1:1 copy. To me it just means aren’t losing out on something.
I work at Microsoft on Azure but not on VS Codespaces or GH Codespaces. I’m just a fan/user of both.
I mean, yes, there are some differences between the two (and keep in mind you can also access a Codespace via a locally installed copy of VS Code in a remote development environment, where the remote dev environment is the Codespace VM), but as far as I know, there are very few differences between how a remote environment locally works vs a remote environment using the browser-hosted editor.
You’re correct when you say there are differences, but I still feel like “full” experience is accurate. Full doesn’t have to mean 1:1 copy. To me it just means aren’t losing out on something.
I work at Microsoft on Azure but not on VS Codespaces or GH Codespaces. I’m just a fan/user of both.