Microsoft has changed the name of Visual Studio Online to Visual Studio Codespaces, to bring the name more in line with the idea that the offering is “more than just an ‘editor in a browser,’” the company wrote in a blog post. Microsoft introduced the name change on April 30, along with a new, lower-cost Basic instance type for Codespaces.
The online development environment, which began a public preview phase in November, provides for cloud-hosted development environments that can be accessible from anywhere. The so-called Codespaces can be used for capabilities including prototyping a new feature or performing short-term tasks like reviewing pull requests.
