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Nick Vigilante
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Add a new Quickstart starter template that lets users pick programming languages, editors, and an optional Git repo to clone. The template uses Docker under the hood but presents a developer-focused experience: pick your tools, start coding. ## What's included - **Languages parameter** (multi-select): Python, Node.js, Go, Rust, Java, C/C++ - **IDEs parameter** (multi-select): VS Code (Browser), VS Code Desktop, Cursor, JetBrains, Zed, Windsurf - **Git repo parameter**: Optional URL to clone on workspace start - **JetBrains filtering**: Maps selected languages to relevant IDE codes (Python → PyCharm, Go → GoLand, etc.) - **Docker precondition check**: Uses `data "external"` + `terraform_data` precondition to surface a friendly error when Docker is unavailable, before the Docker provider fails with a cryptic message - **4 presets**: Web Development, Backend (Go), Data Science, Full Stack - **Single install script**: All languages install in one `coder_script` to avoid apt-get lock conflicts (agent scripts run in parallel via `errgroup`) <details><summary>Design decisions</summary> - **Docker as invisible backend**: Docker is required on the Coder server but never mentioned in the user-facing parameter UI. The experience is entirely "pick languages, pick editors, start coding." - **`coder_script` over startup_script**: Language installs use a templated script file (`install-languages.sh.tftpl`) driven by the languages parameter. A single script avoids dpkg lock contention since `coder_script` resources execute concurrently. - **`data "external"` for Docker check**: The external provider probes Docker availability independently of the Docker provider. If Docker is down, the `terraform_data` precondition fails with a human-readable message before any `docker_*` resource is evaluated. This depends on the Docker provider connecting lazily (at resource eval time, not at provider init), which current behavior confirms. - **JetBrains filtering by language**: Rather than showing all 9 JetBrains IDEs, the template computes relevant IDE codes from the language selection (e.g. Python → PY, Go → GO) and passes them as `default` to the JetBrains module. - **Arch-aware Go install**: The install script detects `uname -m` to download the correct Go binary for amd64 or arm64. </details> <details><summary>Screenshots and recordings from the UI</summary> <p> <img width="1851" height="1471" alt="Screenshot 2026-05-05 at 2 14 20 PM" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/d4c9cdc5-d311-43a5-9e2e-f90b0019eda7" /> <img width="1851" height="1471" alt="Screenshot 2026-05-05 at 2 15 06 PM" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/cf3023fe-b6db-4503-a6c4-eaa0ec0659f8" /> https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/7507fd7d-ddb5-457a-9f7d-cbf89b36eb20 </p> </details> > [!NOTE] > This PR was authored by Coder Agents.
Templates
List template examples in our CLI with coder templates init.
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Getting Started
Clone this repository to create a template from any example listed here:
git clone https://github.com/coder/coder
cd examples/templates/aws-linux
coder templates push