I thought for a second Amazon is getting into the esports business. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud9_(eSports)
We get it Amazon, you vape. http://vapingcloud9.com/
Cloud9 Acquired by Amazon
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Re: Cloud9 Acquired by Amazon
#42Seems like a smart move by Amazon if they integrate cloud9 as a standard service. I liked Google's web based IDE when I was a contractor there and for about a year I experimented with using nitrous.io. Right now I am experimenting with using codeanywhere pointed at my own large server instance. It is tremendously convenient having one development environment set up that can be accessed from all of my devices. Hopeful…
If you're experimenting with cloud-based IDEs you might look at Eclipse Che.
Re: Cloud9 Acquired by Amazon
#43HA! Just yesterday a friend wanted to bet that they'd be soon acquired by GOOG/MSFT!
For any services/products outside Google, Cloud9 is truly the only service I have been really excited about. So much so that I've replied to their various automated emails thanking them for their services, and they've replied back. Love, love, love it so much. It is _so_ simple. I'm glad for the founders and the team, but I really hope Amazon keeps up the amazing support and the product they have.
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#44I really hope that the Cloud9 service keeps running, and maintains the free version that it currently provides. I have been using Cloud9 with the Michael Hartl Rails Tutorial to teach new programmers the basics of programming with Ruby and Rails and it has greatly reduced the friction for them to start learning. In previous classes we had the students setup a Ruby and Rails environment on their own systems and not on…
Wouldn't virtual machine basically do the same thing? I've taken some classes where teacher gave us an image where everything was already installed and configured. Everything went smoothly. However, Cloud9 is much more convenient since it runs entirely on browser but VM solution could work in case C9 discontinues its free tier.
Agreed. In a lot of my college courses, the professors provide a VM which is completely set up for development. That means that anyone who just wants to start programming can use the VM while everyone else who wants to setup their local environment can do that. I think it's a great solution.
Re: Cloud9 Acquired by Amazon
#45From their homepage: > Cloud9 combines a powerful online code editor with a full Ubuntu workspace in the cloud This is the first thing I see on loading their website. Is this their main selling point? Why does my editor need to be "in the cloud"? It works perfectly fine on my local machine, and I could even automate syncing if I wanted. Also, I could just ssh into my server and start an editor there. > Build WordPres…
The reason my team uses C9 is it facilitates remote pair programming in a really nice way. That's the main purpose of it for us. It also means I can have a nice IDE running on our development server instead of on my local machine, which is handy because I have two different computers I use for work (a desktop and a laptop.) My workspace is not just similar but literally the same workspace on both machines.
> it facilitates remote pair programming in a really nice way
Ok. Do they allow two people to edit the same file simultaneously?
Re: Cloud9 Acquired by Amazon
#46Earlier quoted context omitted.
The last thing this world needs is mission-critical software edited willy-nilly through a "convenient" web browser interface. We as an industry can barely put our pants on in the morning on the best of days, and now this.
I'll counter with the suggestion that nothing about how you access an editor should impact your SCM process. Cloud9 has a terminal to run SCM tools and a light-featured Git UI if that's your thing.
You're right - in an ideal world. Somehow the drive for adoption and market share seems to counter such common sense, resulting in the "get started quick" camp running production systems.
Re: Cloud9 Acquired by Amazon
#47Earlier quoted context omitted.
The last thing this world needs is mission-critical software edited willy-nilly through a "convenient" web browser interface. We as an industry can barely put our pants on in the morning on the best of days, and now this.
He or she who has not edited production code or configurations with vim/emacs/nano cast the first stone.
All of my past transgressions are meant as counterexamples.
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#49Earlier quoted context omitted.
>Also, I could just ssh into my server and start an editor there. Hey, you just answered your own question. Beginners no longer have to setup their own machine/server, they can simply create an account on c9.io, they don't even have to pay for it and bam you have a full ubuntu workspace ready instantly without any effort which is very useful for teaching them their first programming language.
You could also just start an AWS server, upload an image containing useful tools such as an editor and a webserver, and teach them to use ssh. All could be done within an hour or so. I don't see the big advantage of Cloud9.
well, i just tried it. amazon aws is a hassle to setup. especially figuring out how to qualify for the free tier. its not just a "gimme free access already".
cloud9 on the other hand took me about 3 minutes to create an account, django workspace and to start developing with it.
that is a massive difference.
Re: Cloud9 Acquired by Amazon
#50Does anyone know the reasons behind this acquisition?
The current editor for AWS Lambda functions is nothing to write home about and has some really severe limitations; for example you're unable to edit any code that uses more than 1 file (that has to be uploaded in a zip every time). Having a high quality editor built into Lambda would make it so much easier to work with.
This doesn't make sense? The editor is open source. You can install it on your computer right now. They even provide instructions on how to do it.
They can implement it without buying the company.
Even if the license doesn't allow it, the license for ACE surely does and ACE is the meat of the editor.
https://github.com/ajaxorg/ace
Maybe they want the team because they want to move the product in a certain direction? I don't know.