Get intellisense in editor from compiled code in docker containers

Question

I've been looking a while for this but don't seem to be able to find a decent solution without creating extra mess in my workspace.

Is it possible to use an editor, such as VSCode, and make its intellisense use compiled code that resides inside a docker container (or multiple)?

One way to perhaps accomplish is this by creating shared volumes that link the node_modules and the compiled folder.

In my workspace i'm using NodeJS, Npm modules and my editor of choice is, visual studio code. The workspace setup is launched using docker-compose

Any suggestion is welcome

Answer 1

The VS Code Team recently announced Remote Development Extension Pack, which contains The Remote - Containers extension

The Visual Studio Code Remote - Containers extension lets you use a Docker container as a full-featured development environment. It allows you to open any folder inside (or mounted into) a container and take advantage of VS Code's full feature set.

This lets VS Code provide a local-quality development experience — including full IntelliSense (completions), code navigation, and debugging — regardless of where your tools (or code) is located.

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Note that for now it requires the VS Code Insiders build