5 tips to maximize your Kubernetes developer experience with Cloud Code

Starting a new project that deploys to Kubernetes can be a time consuming and daunting process. It’s easy to get caught up with configuring your infrastructure instead of actually writing your application’s business logic. Developer tools and practices that help streamline Kubernetes workflows, while keeping you focused on code, are key to driving your productivity.

Cloud Code, an IDE extension for VS Code and JetBrains IDEs, leverages multiple Kubernetes focused tools, adding UI to your IDE to speed up and simplify your Kubernetes development workflows.

Here are a few tips to keep in mind as you begin your app development journey with Kubernetes.

If you’re new to Kubernetes and don’t like the idea of consuming your local machine’s resources, a browser-based, development-ready environment is a great alternative.

Whether you’re using Cloud Shell Editor or your local IDE, choose the development environment that works best for you and that you feel most productive with.

Context switching is time consuming and breaks up your workflow. While developing Kubernetes applications, you might switch between your IDE, Cloud Console, documentation, and logs. To keep you focused on coding, consider how the extensions you add to your IDE can reduce context switching.

Cloud Code comes with built-in capabilities to reduce context switching. For example, with Cloud Code’s Kubernetes explorer, you can visualize, monitor, and view information about your cluster resources without running any CLI commands. And in a couple clicks, you can view the logs of your clusters.

In general, IDE extensions should make the process of working on your code and getting feedback on local changes easier and more streamlined.

Debugging locally on a Kubernetes cluster means you’ll be able to discover runtime errors before they make it to CI, staging, or production. The earlier you discover these errors, the faster time to resolution. This speeds up overall development time.

The best tools to integrate into your workflow to streamline the Kubernetes development process are those that increase your productivity. Today we’ve shared just a few tips to keep in mind when developing on Kubernetes. Enhancing your IDE with developer friendly extensions is an easy first step towards maximizing your productivity.

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