Dev-core Role

Description: Base development environment for software engineers on Linux, with core editors and language-agnostic tooling

Variables

  • author: Kevin Veen-Birkenbach

  • description: Base development environment for software engineers on Linux, with core editors and language-agnostic tooling

  • license: Infinito.Nexus Community License (Non-Commercial)

  • company: Kevin Veen-Birkenbach https://www.veen.world

  • min_ansible_version: 2.9

  • platforms: [{‘name’: ‘ArchLinux’, ‘versions’: [‘all’]}, {‘name’: ‘Debian’, ‘versions’: [‘all’]}, {‘name’: ‘EL’, ‘versions’: [‘all’]}, {‘name’: ‘Fedora’, ‘versions’: [‘all’]}, {‘name’: ‘Ubuntu’, ‘versions’: [‘all’]}]

  • galaxy_tags: [‘development’, ‘software’, ‘engineering’, ‘archlinux’, ‘persona’, ‘tools’]

  • issue_tracker_url: https://s.infinito.nexus/issues

README

Development Utilities

Description

Visual Studio Code is a powerful source code editor with a wide plugin ecosystem, supporting development workflows across many languages and platforms. See also the Arch Wiki - Development Tools and general Software Engineering on Wikipedia.

Overview

This role builds upon core workstation and package management components to deliver a clean, editor-ready base for developers. It installs core tools and editors necessary to begin building, editing, and managing source code projects.

Cosmos

The diagram places Development Utilities in the Infinito.Nexus cosmos: the components it deploys (capabilities), the central services it consumes (dependencies), and its outward reach (federation and bridged external networks).

flowchart LR
    subgraph role [dev-core 💻]
        svc_core["core"]
    end
    subgraph dependents [Dependents]
        dpt_dev_arduino["dev-arduino 💻 ⚙️"]
        dpt_dev_python["dev-python 💻 ⚙️"]
    end
    svc_core -- "1:1" --> dpt_dev_arduino
    svc_core -- "1:1" --> dpt_dev_python

Solid 1:1 edges are fixed relationships; dashed 0..1 edges are conditional (enabled only in matching deployments); red 0..0 edges are turned off in this role. Node markers show the role’s deploy modes (💻 host, 🐳 compose, 🐝 swarm); ❌ marks a service that is explicitly turned off, and ⚙️ an Ansible role dependency declared in meta/main.yml.

Purpose

To reduce setup time and ensure consistency across developer workstations, this role prepares a functional and extensible foundation for software engineering work.

Features

  • Installs Visual Studio Code: A powerful code editor with a wide plugin ecosystem.

  • Extensible Design: Acts as a base layer for more specific development stacks (e.g., web, Python, embedded).

  • Persona Integration: Serves as a reusable foundation for developer-focused workstation bundles.

Credits

Implemented by Kevin Veen-Birkenbach. Part of the Infinito.Nexus Project and maintained by Kevin Veen-Birkenbach. Licensed under the Infinito.Nexus Community License (Non-Commercial).