diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index fed55cd0..ae214709 100644
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -23,3 +23,4 @@ vignettes/
 inst/user2025
 #inst/tinytest/
 Makefile
+^.devcontainer
diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5f39cf91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{
+  "name": "tinyplot devcontainer",
+  "image": "rocker/r2u:24.04",
+  
+  "containerEnv": {
+    "NOT_CRAN": "true"
+  },
+  
+  "postCreateCommand": "R -e \"install.packages(c('devtools', 'tinytest', 'tinysnapshot'))\" && R -e \"install.packages('httpgd', repos = c('https://community.r-multiverse.org', 'https://cloud.r-project.org'))\" && Rscript -e 'read.dcf(\"DESCRIPTION\", c(\"Imports\", \"Suggests\")) |> tools:::.split_dependencies() |> names() |> setdiff(tools:::.get_standard_package_names()$base) |> install.packages()'",
+  
+  "customizations": {
+    "vscode": {
+      "extensions": [
+        "REditorSupport.r",
+        "quarto.quarto"
+      ],
+      "settings": {
+        "r.plot.useHttpgd": true
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  
+  "remoteUser": "root"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 699a17e4..bd9b7710 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ where the formatting is also better._
 
 - Added support for "bubble" scatter plots, allowing for point size scaling via
   an appropriate `cex` argument (e.g., a continuous variable from your dataset).
-  The updated `?type_point` helpfile contains several examples. Simultaneously 
+  The updated `?type_points` helpfile contains several examples. Simultaneously 
   enables dual-legend support for combined size + color mappings.
   (#433 @grantmcdermott)
 - Improved horizontal legend spacing, as well as multicolumn legend support. A
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ where the formatting is also better._
 - Move `altdoc` from `Suggests` to `Config/Needs/website`.
   Thanks to @etiennebacher for the suggestion and to @eddelbuettel for help
   with the CI implementation.
+- Add a `devcontainer.json` file for remote testing. (#480 @grantmcdermott) 
 
 ## 0.4.2