Wish You Were Here - Stories of Building a Remote Development IDE

Explore the challenges and solutions of building remote development IDEs in this conference talk from NDC Sydney 2022. Dive into the architecture behind JetBrains' Gateway, a remote development feature implemented across their IDE suite, including Rider, IntelliJ IDEA, and WebStorm. Discover how a 21-year-old IDE platform was adapted to run partially on remote servers and partially on local machines. Learn about the technical intricacies of creating an IDE that functions remotely yet feels like a local application. Gain insights into the implementation of collaborative editing features, such as Code With Me, and understand how multiple editors can simultaneously work within a single IDE environment. Uncover the "secret sauce" behind JetBrains' approach to remote development and collaborative coding solutions.