Visual Studio Code and Terminal Added to CARC OnDemand

Posted on November 03, 2022 by Dani Cannella

0.0.0.1 CARC has added new features to our OnDemand service.

Visual Studio Code and a terminal feature are now available on CARC OnDemand!

Visual Studio Code (VSCode) is a streamlined code editor meant for handling tasks such as debugging and version control. This versatile editor is compatible with macOS, Windows, and Linux, and includes built-in Git commands. CARC users are now able to run VSCode on the clusters as a desktop application via OnDemand. This addition allows users to utilize the full potential of CARC’s HPC systems and debug issues that only occur in the HPC environment.

The addition of the terminal to OnDemand allows users to run command line programs seamlessly on HPC clusters. Instead of submitting jobs to Slurm and waiting for an output, users can now run commands on the terminal application and see their results printed on the screen, making it especially useful for programs that require command line input interactively.

Instructions for running Visual Studio Code and the terminal on CARC OnDemand can be found in our Interactive Apps user guide.