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Dev Containers

Last modified: 17 June 2024

A Development Container (Dev Container) is a Docker container configured to be used as a fully functional development environment.

IntelliJ IDEA lets you use such containers to edit, build, and run your projects. If you need to see a specification for a development container, refer to Dev Container properties.

IntelliJ IDEA also supports multiple container connections that can be configured with Docker Compose properties.

You can start a dev container inside the IDE. You can also start it locally or remotely from either JetBrains Gateway or IntelliJ IDEA.