# GitHub CodeSpaces This workshop uses VSCode in browser through GitHub Codespaces. You can learn more about each: - [Codespaces overview]() - [VSCode](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/getstarted/userinterface) ## Tips - You can only have 2 codespaces active, you can see your active ones at [github.com/codespaces](https://github.com/codespaces) - If any say that you have "uncommitted changes" it is important to go in to it and [commit](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/sourcecontrol/overview#_commit) them. ## Behind the Scenes The codespace set up for the workshop has a [devcontainer](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/devcontainers/create-dev-container) file in it. This file tells the codespace how to set everything up. In this template it does a few key things: - install python