Remote container setup for VS-Code

Setup a remote container dev setup using the "ms-vscode-remote.remote-containers" extension

.devcontainer/Dockerfile

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+# See here for image contents: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-dev-containers/tree/v0.191.1/containers/javascript-node/.devcontainer/base.Dockerfile
+
+# [Choice] Node.js version: 16, 14, 12
+ARG VARIANT="16-buster"
+FROM mcr.microsoft.com/vscode/devcontainers/javascript-node:0-${VARIANT}
+
+# [Optional] Uncomment this section to install additional OS packages.
+# RUN apt-get update && export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
+#     && apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends <your-package-list-here>
+
+# [Optional] Uncomment if you want to install an additional version of node using nvm
+# ARG EXTRA_NODE_VERSION=10
+# RUN su node -c "source /usr/local/share/nvm/nvm.sh && nvm install ${EXTRA_NODE_VERSION}"
+
+# [Optional] Uncomment if you want to install more global node modules
+# RUN su node -c "npm install -g <your-package-list-here>"

.devcontainer/devcontainer.json

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+// For format details, see https://aka.ms/devcontainer.json. For config options, see the README at:
+// https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-dev-containers/tree/v0.191.1/containers/javascript-node
+{
+	"name": "Node.js",
+	"build": {
+		"dockerfile": "Dockerfile",
+		// Update 'VARIANT' to pick a Node version: 12, 14, 16
+		"args": {
+			"VARIANT": "12"
+		}
+	},
+	// Set *default* container specific settings.json values on container create.
+	// Add the IDs of extensions you want installed when the container is created.
+	"extensions": [
+		"esbenp.prettier-vscode",
+		"ms-vscode.vscode-typescript-tslint-plugin"
+	],
+	"settings": {
+		"editor.formatOnSave": false,
+		"editor.defaultFormatter": "esbenp.prettier-vscode",
+		"prettier.jsxSingleQuote": true,
+		"prettier.singleQuote": true
+	},
+
+	// Use 'postCreateCommand' to run commands after the container is created.
+	"postCreateCommand": "npm ci && npm run init && npm run build",
+	// Comment out connect as root instead. More info: https://aka.ms/vscode-remote/containers/non-root.
+	"remoteUser": "node"
+}

.vscode/extensions.json

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   // List of extensions which should be recommended for users of this workspace.
   "recommendations": [
     "esbenp.prettier-vscode",
-    "ms-vscode.vscode-typescript-tslint-plugin"
+    "ms-vscode.vscode-typescript-tslint-plugin",
+    "ms-vscode-remote.remote-containers"
+
   ],
   // List of extensions recommended by VS Code that should not be recommended for users of this workspace.
   "unwantedRecommendations": []