Ryan, it's not an answer for your question, but it's interesting: http://yieldthought.com/post/12239282034/swapped-my-macbook-for-an-ipad
On Sun, Apr 8, 2012 at 4:03 AM, 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
