I currently write code using a plain text editor (TextWrangler) on a 5-year-old MacBook Pro. As I ponder eventual upgrades to this configuration, I wonder if anybody has had any experience with developing Node.js web sites on an iPad. I don't have an iPad because for so many tasks I do, I couldn't imagine how to do them on an iPad. So I'm trying to imagine whether developing a modern web app is something one could do on an iPad.
Forget manipulation of graphics and other assets for a moment. Let's talk about code. An IDE should have syntax highlighting for JavaScript, JSON, Jade, HTML, CSS, other common formats. Various predefined color schemes that are usable. Easier ways to type common punctuation than the default iOS onscreen keyboard affords, for when an external keyboard is not available. Code completion perhaps. The ability to see and access all files in the project. Tabs or other interface mechanism for keeping a few files close by. Presumably the files would have to be on an external server running node.js to actually be used and tested, so such an IDE should have a way of exchanging files with such a server. Perhaps even a built-in ssh client or a means of interacting with a revision control system. Perhaps a built-in web preview. Does anything like this exist? A quick search pointed out Textastic, Gusto, CodeToGo, PadEdit... I don't know how well any of them meet the above list of criteria. Has anybody used these or other apps on an iPad hoping to use them for node.js development? Hearing about your experiences, whether positive or negative, would be helpful. Thanks. -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en
