Investigate use of Github Codespaces

[KarenJewell]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Can we use Github Codespaces to containerise our environment? This is intended to help new starts get coding sooner.

Describe the solution you'd like
N/A

Describe alternatives you've considered
Maybe Docker?

Additional context
Does codespaces need a pro account/ premium feature?

[paul-bradbeer]

Here's the billing link
https://docs.github.com/en/billing/managing-billing-for-github-codespaces/about-billing-for-github-codespaces

Also consider docker images running locally, which can also be run in the cloud if needed.
VS Code has dev containers. And there is also docker desktop.

[JackGilmore]

Something to bear in mind (as I just discovered when trying to review a PR) is that we'll need to configure the codespace to load in multiple repositories.

See the following links for more details:
https://github.blog/2022-04-20-codespaces-multi-repository-monorepo-scenarios/
https://docs.github.com/en/codespaces/managing-your-codespaces/managing-repository-access-for-your-codespaces