diff --git a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
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+# Based on the example NodeJS DevContainer
+FROM mcr.microsoft.com/vscode/devcontainers/javascript-node:10
+
+# The image referenced above includes a non-root user with sudo access. Add
+# the "remoteUser" property to devcontainer.json to use it. On Linux, the container
+# user's GID/UIDs will be updated to match your local UID/GID when using the image
+# or dockerFile property. Update USER_UID/USER_GID below if you are using the
+# dockerComposeFile property or want the image itself to start with different ID
+# values. See https://aka.ms/vscode-remote/containers/non-root-user for details.
+ARG USER_UID=1000
+ARG USER_GID=$USER_UID
+ARG USERNAME=node
+
+# Uses parts from the CircleCI Node container to ensure alignment with test environment
+# https://github.com/CircleCI-Public/circleci-dockerfiles/blob/master/node/images/10.18.0-stretch/Dockerfile
+# https://github.com/CircleCI-Public/circleci-dockerfiles/blob/master/node/images/10.18.0-stretch/browsers/Dockerfile
+# The parts have been cleaned up to introduce consistency and remove all the
+# useless parts there were likely copied from StackOverflow answers.
+
+# Make apt non-interactive
+RUN echo 'APT::Get::Assume-Yes "true";' > /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/90circleci \
+	&& echo 'DPkg::Options "--force-confnew";' >> /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/90circleci
+
+ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+
+# Debian Jessie is EOL'd and original repos don't work.
+# Switch to the archive mirror until we can get people to
+# switch to Stretch.
+RUN if grep -q Debian /etc/os-release && grep -q jessie /etc/os-release; then \
+	rm /etc/apt/sources.list && \
+	echo "deb http://archive.debian.org/debian/ jessie main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list && \
+	echo "deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security jessie/updates main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list \
+	; fi
+
+# Make sure PATH includes ~/.local/bin
+# https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=839155
+# This only works for root. The circleci user is done near the end of this Dockerfile
+RUN echo 'PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"' >> /etc/profile.d/user-local-path.sh
+
+# man directory is missing in some base images
+# https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=863199
+RUN apt-get update && \
+	mkdir -p /usr/share/man/man1 && \
+	apt-get install -y git mercurial xvfb apt locales sudo openssh-client ca-certificates tar gzip parallel net-tools netcat unzip zip bzip2 gnupg curl wget make
+
+# Set timezone to UTC by default
+RUN ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Etc/UTC /etc/localtime
+
+# Use Unicode
+RUN locale-gen C.UTF-8 || true
+ENV LANG=C.UTF-8
+
+# Install jq
+RUN JQ_URL="https://circle-downloads.s3.amazonaws.com/circleci-images/cache/linux-amd64/jq-latest" && \
+	curl --silent --show-error --location --fail --retry 3 --output /usr/bin/jq $JQ_URL && \
+	chmod +x /usr/bin/jq && \
+	jq --version
+
+# Install Java 11 LTS / OpenJDK 11
+RUN if grep -q Debian /etc/os-release && grep -q stretch /etc/os-release; then \
+		echo 'deb http://deb.debian.org/debian stretch-backports main' | tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/stretch-backports.list; \
+	elif grep -q Ubuntu /etc/os-release && grep -q xenial /etc/os-release; then \
+		apt-get update && \
+		apt-get install -y software-properties-common && \
+		add-apt-repository -y ppa:openjdk-r/ppa; \
+	fi && \
+	apt-get update && \
+	apt-get install -y openjdk-11-jre openjdk-11-jre-headless openjdk-11-jdk openjdk-11-jdk-headless && \
+	apt-get install -y bzip2 libgconf-2-4 # for extracting firefox and running chrome, respectively
+
+# Install Firefox
+RUN FIREFOX_URL="https://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-latest-ssl&os=linux64&lang=en-US" && \
+	ACTUAL_URL=$(curl -Ls -o /dev/null -w %{url_effective} $FIREFOX_URL) && \
+	curl --silent --show-error --location --fail --retry 3 --output /tmp/firefox.tar.bz2 $ACTUAL_URL && \
+	tar -xvjf /tmp/firefox.tar.bz2 -C /opt && \
+	ln -s /opt/firefox/firefox /usr/local/bin/firefox && \
+	apt-get install -y libgtk3.0-cil-dev libasound2 libasound2 libdbus-glib-1-2 libdbus-1-3 && \
+	rm -rf /tmp/firefox.* && \
+	firefox --version
+
+# Install geckodriver
+RUN export GECKODRIVER_LATEST_RELEASE_URL=$(curl https://api.github.com/repos/mozilla/geckodriver/releases/latest | jq -r ".assets[] | select(.name | test(\"linux64\")) | .browser_download_url") && \
+	curl --silent --show-error --location --fail --retry 3 --output /tmp/geckodriver_linux64.tar.gz "$GECKODRIVER_LATEST_RELEASE_URL" && \
+	cd /tmp && \
+	tar xf geckodriver_linux64.tar.gz && \
+	rm -rf geckodriver_linux64.tar.gz && \
+	mv geckodriver /usr/local/bin/geckodriver && \
+	chmod +x /usr/local/bin/geckodriver && \
+	geckodriver --version
+
+# Install Chrome
+RUN curl --silent --show-error --location --fail --retry 3 --output /tmp/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb && \
+	(dpkg -i /tmp/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb || apt-get -fy install)  && \
+	rm -rf /tmp/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb && \
+	sed -i 's|HERE/chrome"|HERE/chrome" --disable-setuid-sandbox --no-sandbox|g' "/opt/google/chrome/google-chrome" && \
+	google-chrome --version
+
+RUN CHROME_VERSION="$(google-chrome --version)" && \
+	export CHROMEDRIVER_RELEASE="$(echo $CHROME_VERSION | sed 's/^Google Chrome //')" && export CHROMEDRIVER_RELEASE=${CHROMEDRIVER_RELEASE%%.*} && \
+	CHROMEDRIVER_VERSION=$(curl --silent --show-error --location --fail --retry 4 --retry-delay 5 http://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/LATEST_RELEASE_${CHROMEDRIVER_RELEASE}) && \
+	curl --silent --show-error --location --fail --retry 4 --retry-delay 5 --output /tmp/chromedriver_linux64.zip "http://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/$CHROMEDRIVER_VERSION/chromedriver_linux64.zip" && \
+	cd /tmp && \
+	unzip chromedriver_linux64.zip && \
+	rm -rf chromedriver_linux64.zip && \
+	mv chromedriver /usr/local/bin/chromedriver && \
+	chmod +x /usr/local/bin/chromedriver && \
+	chromedriver --version
+
+# Start xvfb automatically
+ENV DISPLAY :99
+RUN printf '#!/bin/sh\nXvfb :99 -screen 0 1280x1024x24 &\nexec "$@"\n' > /tmp/entrypoint && \
+	chmod +x /tmp/entrypoint && \
+	mv /tmp/entrypoint /docker-entrypoint.sh
+
+# Make `gulp` available globally.
+RUN npm install --global gulp-cli
+
+# [Optional] Update UID/GID if needed
+RUN if [ "$USER_GID" != "1000" ] || [ "$USER_UID" != "1000" ]; then \
+		groupmod --gid $USER_GID $USERNAME && \
+		usermod --uid $USER_UID --gid $USER_GID $USERNAME && \
+		chown -R $USER_UID:$USER_GID /home/$USERNAME; \
+	fi && \
+	#
+	# Avoid having to use "sudo" with "npm -g" when running as non-root user
+	SNIPPET='if [ "$(stat -c %U /usr/local/lib/node_modules)" != "$(id -u)" ]; then \
+		sudo chown -R $(id -u):root /usr/local/lib/node_modules && \
+		sudo chown -R $(id -u):root /usr/local/bin; \
+		fi' && \
+	echo $SNIPPET >> /home/$USERNAME/.bashrc && \
+	echo $SNIPPET >> /home/$USERNAME/.zshrc && \
+	chown $USERNAME /home/$USERNAME/.bashrc /home/$USERNAME/.zshrc
diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
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+{
+	"name": "AngularJS Material",
+	"dockerFile": "Dockerfile",
+	// This is the port the docs will be served under when running `npm run docs:watch` 
+	"forwardPorts": [
+		// Documentation gulp-connect server
+		8080,
+		// gulp-connect default live-reload port.
+		35729
+	],
+	"remoteUser": "node",
+	"settings": {
+		"terminal.integrated.shell.linux": "/bin/bash"
+	},
+	"postCreateCommand": "npm install",
+	"extensions": [
+		"dbaeumer.vscode-eslint"
+	]
+}
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diff --git a/docs/guides/BUILD.md b/docs/guides/BUILD.md
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@@ -165,3 +165,13 @@ After running the appropriate `watch-demo` and `server` tasks:
 * Open browser to [http://localhost:8080/dist/demos](http://localhost:8080/dist/demos)
 * Navigate to `<component>/<demo>`
 * Open Dev Tools and debug...
+
+### <a name="devcontainer"></a> VS Code DevContainer
+
+When using [VS Code](https://code.visualstudio.com/) as a development environment, you can [develop inside a container](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/remote/containers) to allow for a predefined environment in which AngularJS Material code is being built.
+
+To use the DevContainer environment defined for AngularJS Material, just open the project in VS Code and you should be prompted to use the container automatically, if you have [Remote Development extension pack](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-vscode-remote.vscode-remote-extensionpack) installed.
+
+When you first try to open the project in the container, VS Code will build the container (this can take a while) and then make our source code available to it. When we build the documentation in the container and serve it through `gulp site`, the port will automatically be forwarded and the documentation will be available on your local development machine on http://localhost:8080.
+
+If you run `npm run docs:watch` in the container, the documentation will be rebuilt continuously when you make changes to the code.