Chapter 1. Understanding Red Hat CodeReady Workspaces

Red Hat CodeReady Workspaces is a developer workspace server and cloud IDE. Workspaces are defined as project code files and all of their dependencies neccessary to edit, build, run, and debug them. Each workspace has its own private IDE hosted within it. The IDE is accessible through a browser. The browser downloads the IDE as a single-page web application.

Red Hat CodeReady Workspaces provides:

  • Workspaces that include runtimes and IDEs
  • RESTful workspace server
  • A browser-based IDE
  • Plugins for languages, framework, and tools
  • An SDK for creating plugins and assemblies

Additional resources

See Red Hat CodeReady Workspaces CodeReady Workspaces 1.2 Release Notes and Known Issues for more details about the current version.