Add vs code dev container support

[OkanPinar]

Addition dev container support can be good feature for developers who don't want to install c++ related build tools.

PS: CTEST did not work without change directory to build.

[lemire]

That's not bad at all.

[anonrig]

Other than, 4 indentation I'm OK with this, if there is another widely known IDE (other than VSCode) that supports DevContainers. I'm not in favor of introducing IDE specific features to the codebase.

It seems that Jetbrains does not support dev containers (referencing: https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-292050).

Do you have more knowledge on this @OkanPinar?

[OkanPinar]

It seems that there is no direct support for the same feature. @anonrig What about using docker directly to build and project like the following:
Docker file:

FROM debian:11-slim

RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
    apt-transport-https \
    gcc \
    clang \
    clang-tools \
    cmake \
    libicu-dev

WORKDIR /repo

Docker-compose:

version: '3.9'

services:
  ada-builder:
    build: .
    entrypoint: ['bash', '-c', 'cmake -B build && cmake --build build && cd build && ctest --output-on-failure']
    volumes:
      - .:/repo

[anonrig]

How can we remove the need of a docker-compose file? Can we achieve the same thing with Dockerfile?

[OkanPinar]

It seems working like following:

Dockerfile:

FROM debian:11-slim

RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
    apt-transport-https \
    gcc \
    clang \
    clang-tools \
    cmake \
    libicu-dev

WORKDIR /repo

CMD ["bash", "-c", "cmake -B build && cmake --build build && cd build && ctest --output-on-failure"]

Docker Commands:

docker build -t ada-builder .
docker run --rm -it -v ${PWD}:/repo ada-builder

[anonrig]

Can you add dockerfile to the root, and add a part to README with the command to run dockerfile?

[anonrig]

Thank you for your contribution @OkanPinar