devcontainers.json

• The devcontainer.json file is the central configuration file used create devcontainers in docker
• A devcontainer.json file in “devcontainer” folder tells tools and services that support the dev container spec how to create (or access) a dev container with a well-defined tool and runtime stack
• Details: (about devcontainers.json)[#]

devcontainer-template.json

• Development container “Templates” are source files packaged together that encode configuration for a complete development environment
• A supporting tool will use the configuration from the Template to build a development container
• Template metadata is captured by a devcontainer-template.json file in the root folder of the Template

Details:

• Dev Container Templates reference: https://containers.dev/implementors/templates/
• Self Authoring Guide for Dev Container Templates: https://github.com/devcontainers/template-starter

Features

• “features” property in the devcontainer.json is used to install tools and languages from a pre-defined set of Features
• ‘Features’ are self-contained units of installation code and development container configuration
• Details: devconainers features

Customizations

• Product specific properties go under customizations
• Details: Devcontainers customizations