Cloud development environments (CDEs) provide software developers with remote, ready-to-use access to a cloud-hosted development environment with minimal effort for setup and configuration. They comprise elements of a traditional IDE, such as code editing, debugging, code review and code collaboration. They also provide consistent, secure developer access to preconfigured development workspaces. This frees them from setting up their own local environments, eliminating the need to install and maintain dependencies, software development kits, security patches and plug-ins. Their seamless integration with Git-based repositories and continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) tools enhances developer productivity and developer experience. CDEs provide a scalable way to support a distributed workforce and hybrid work environments.