Add devcontainer.json

[Savio-Sou]

Problem

To set up an environment with the best Noir developer experience currently requires:

1. Manually search for and install the Noir Language Support
2. Manually install Nargo following the steps in the docs

Not the end of the world, but not the smoothest onboarding experience we could attain either.

Happy Case

A development container allows one to use a container as a full-featured development environment. Containers can be run locally or remotely, in a private or public cloud, and in a variety of supporting tools (e.g. VS Code, GitHub Codespace).

A devcontainer.json with settings that automatically:

1. Install the Noir VS Code extension
2. Fetch and initialize a docker instance with noirup and nargo readily available (once the below prerequisite is closed)

could greatly smoothen the onboarding experience of Noir developers.

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1. Create a Dockerfile with noirup and nargo noir-lang/noir-starter#67
   enhancement +1
   

Having one here in this repository could serve as a recommended example that the community can copy into their Noir projects and ease developers working on such projects.

Alternatives Considered

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Additional Context

This, when paired with GitHub Codespace, could greatly minimize the friction of spinning up a cloud development environment instance.

There is a seemingly similar initiative in noir-lang/noir on noir-lang/noir#3097. While we can certainly make reference to how it is written, that issue is gearing towards easing development on Noir itself while this issue focuses on easing development of Noir projects.

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[signorecello]

I love this, me or @critesjosh will give it a try ASAP

[critesjosh]

@Savio-Sou #67 is a blocker for this, correct?

[Savio-Sou]

@critesjosh blocker to item 2 (but not item 1) under Happy Case.

[Savio-Sou]

Closed with e4737ca.