I try c9 from time to time, but it has serious quality issues and there is *always* some show stopping bug within 10 minutes of logging in.
Keen to hear of viable alternatives On 8 Apr 2012, at 08:31, Srirangan <[email protected]> wrote: Ryan, You can probably evaluate the many browser based IDEs. Cloud9IDE (http://c9.io/) comes to mind, but there are many others out there that you can check out. Many of them are open-source as well. These should work fine in iPad's browsers. - Sri Srirangan | +91 9711 477 595 | About <http://srirangan.net/about> GitHub <https://github.com/Srirangan> LinkedIn<http://www.linkedin.com/in/srirangan> Twitter <http://twitter.com/srirangan> | Review19 <http://review19.com> "Next generation, real-time collaboration" On Sun, Apr 8, 2012 at 12:33 PM, Ryan Schmidt <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 > -- 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 -- 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
