Without Xcode on an iPad, it's a non-starter for most developers. I have used Textastic (along with the very cool Working Copy for git management) and worked on some web projects. It cannot replace my MacBook pro with dual large monitors as having a full UNIX system with a lot of screen real estate simply blows away a 12" iPad, even if the iPad Pro is matching the horsepower of laptops a few years ago.
That being said, I would love BBedit anyway. Textastic is a great editor on iOS but having the same editor on both systems would be a nice benefit. The question is would you want the version of BBedit Barebones would have to create to work in iOS? i.e. forget Applescript/shell scripts, worksheets and I'm sure a list of other features. Also, BBedit has a long history and I'm guessing a lot of objective-c. How much would have to be rewritten in Swift for iOS? Finally, how much would you pay? I would have no problem at $20 or even $30 but I don't know if that's enough for Barebones to justify development. Games get downloaded by tons of people. Text editors are more of a niche. Especially those geared at developers. On Friday, August 5, 2016 at 8:45:01 AM UTC-4, Christian C. Berclaz wrote: > > Hello > > Now that iCloud is open to non-Mac App Store apps, the natural question > would be, when can we expect an iOS version of our favorite editor? > I was looking at Coda which seems to be quite a neat apps on the iPad but > frankly I'd prefer an iPad version of BBEdit and that I can work seamlessly > on files in iCloud or Dropbox. > > What do you guys think about this? > > Cheers > Chris > > -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature request or would like to report a problem, please email "[email protected]" rather than posting to the group. Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <http://www.twitter.com/bbedit> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BBEdit Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/bbedit.
