Visual Studio Code use on remote files

Question

Is there any way to use the python extension to edit files that reside on a remote server? I have tried NFS and remoteFS, but I do not see any way to get Intellisense working using the remote installation. I normally edit and test on a windows machine, while the target runs on Linux. I realise this is not limited to this extension, but is a more general issue.

Answer 1

Visual Studio Code now officially supports this using an Extension: Remote SSH

Read the release notes here: https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2019/05/02/remote-development

Today we're excited to announce the preview of three new extensions for Visual Studio Code that enable seamless development in Containers, remotely on physical or virtual machines, and with the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). You can get started right away by installing the Remote Development Extension Pack.

Answer 2

As a workaround, I'm using a Linux Hosted virtual machine which has a similar setup as the target. This works surprisingly well. It is a shame VMware 12 removed support for unity.