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hello , how do I contribute to kotlin projects on GitHub without building or running tests on my local machine ? especially when I  have to make sure my code does not beak anything else ?

What kind of contributions are you asking about?

<@UHED82QLX> adding some features, fixing minor bugs  ...  I'm taking about general projects made with kotlin and not the kotlin project itself . sometimes projects has lot of dependencies and don't want to run or build on my local machine . is there a workflow that I should learn an apply in this case ?

Are you looking for some sort of a web IDE that would allow checking out code, editing, building and submitting pull requests all inside the browser?

<@UHED82QLX> I think i could fork the projects and use GITHUB actions or circle ci since I have to learn ci/cd on the top of gradle and kotlin

Probably easier to clone them locally and enjoy everything that a desktop grade IDE gives you

You can try something like <http://CodeSandbox.io|CodeSandbox.io> and see how far you can get on their free plan

You could also use codespace: <https://docs.github.com/en/codespaces>

<@UHED82QLX>  <@U01JRLZH77T> thank you guys ,I'll definitely give those a try :+1:

<@U01JRLZH77T> man this is awesome :open_mouth:   I could even use vs code with my favorite extensions and run on the cloud :+1:

Sure you can. VSC is a fancy text editor though, not a real IDE. :-D

You can also look at <https://www.jetbrains.com/remote-development/|JetBrains Remote Development>. It allows you to move the IDE back-end and project files to remote server leaving only IDE front-end on your laptop. All JetBrains IDEs (but only paid versions) are supported. Front-end is available in JetBrains IDEs out-of-the-box and in standalone application.

If you don't want to launch your own server for this, then you can look at <https://www.jetbrains.com/space/features/dev-environments.html|JetBrains Space> that offers common platform for your project's repository and development environments (virtual machines with IDE back-ends). There is free plan.