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Re: Ask HN: Can programming be learnt completely on smartphone?

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Post by TheRealmccoy »

nanomonkey wrote: post #24
rileytg wrote: post #3

no good editors

You can run emacs under termux on Android. I use this as a mobile platform with a bluetooth keyboard.

thanks so ever much, I would try Termux, though I would like to stick with VIM which I have currently installed. I want to be comfortable with it first and then may be take on Emacs

Re: Ask HN: Can programming be learnt completely on smartphone?

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Post by TheRealmccoy »

contingencies wrote: post #37

Yes, absolutely. A lot of us learned on far less powerful machines. Don't listen to the detractors. The hardware limitations will help to create focus and understanding... but do buy a bluetooth keyboard. If you can't afford one, email me and I'll post you one. You're not going to find the best algorithm in terms of computational complexity by coding. - Leslie Lamport Clarke's Second Law: The only way of discovering…

wow ! thanks so very much! I hope that I won't disappoint, either of us.

and yes, thanks for the offer to, but it would cost you a lot to ship it all the way where I live.

but also, this is an experiment in pedagogy and Mobile learning. If tomorrow, I am staying at a place where bombs are exploding everywhere, it would be so much trouble to run with Bluetooth keyboard and the mobile both, rather than only mobile :-)

Re: Ask HN: Can programming be learnt completely on smartphone?

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Post by rl3 »

TheRealmccoy wrote: post #38
rl3 wrote: post #16

I've written small snippets of code from my phone before, but it's usually either testing specific language syntax, or making minor tweaks to existing code in situations where I'm either learning a new language, or dealing with weird edge cases. For full-blown development, it's not really suitable. Your phone is best used for reading technical material and watching video content. Even if you can program on mobile, it…

this is an experiment to see how conducive mobile is for learning.also hundred if millions of people around the world have a Smartphone as their only computer. is it possible for them to learn programming and make themselves better due to it?

That's a relief. I was really hoping the reason wasn't cost due to some unfortunate circumstance. :)

For what it's worth, there's quite a few apps that teach programming or serve as reference. Some of them can run live code inline.

Re: Ask HN: Can programming be learnt completely on smartphone?

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Post by wikibob »

For those reading this that are on an Apple device here are some interesting options for getting started with learning on iOS. At a very very basic level there’s swift playgrounds.

Also I used Pythonista years ago and it was pretty cool. Looks like they’ve done a nice job of keeping it up to date.

- Pythonista 3 $10. Supports Python 2.7 & 3.5, stepthrough debugging, popular modules, and apparently it can access some iOS things like photos and sensors now too.

Website: http://omz-software.com/pythonista/

App Store: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pythonista-3/id1085978097

Re: Ask HN: Can programming be learnt completely on smartphone?

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Post by TheRealmccoy »

wikibob wrote: post #58

For those reading this that are on an Apple device here are some interesting options for getting started with learning on iOS. At a very very basic level there’s swift playgrounds. Also I used Pythonista years ago and it was pretty cool. Looks like they’ve done a nice job of keeping it up to date. - Pythonista 3 $10. Supports Python 2.7 & 3.5, stepthrough debugging, popular modules, and apparently it can access some…

thanks, I have an android phone. also my intention is to finish he two EdX courses specifically.
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