Visual Studio (VS) code has a Microsoft extension, Remote-SSH, that allows you to run VS Code on one computer and do the software development on another over SSH. This works with the Raspberry Pi (sBitx) as the remote computer. This allows you to run VS Code on a more powerful computer with a larger screen (without having to connect a HDMI display to the sBitx.
This creates an environment where I edit the code on my PC or Mac (where I have a 4K monitor), but still build and run it on the sBitx. Intellisense code highlighting and git version control work, including integration to my repo on GitHub.
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Mark Erbaugh