Architecting JetBrains Remote Development: Gateway and Remote Backends
Learn how JetBrains Gateway separates the IDE frontend from the remote backend to enable large-scale code development without taxing local hardware resources.
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Learn how JetBrains Gateway separates the IDE frontend from the remote backend to enable large-scale code development without taxing local hardware resources.
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