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Re: Cloud9 Acquired by Amazon

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Post by elecengin »

amelius wrote: post #117
s3r3nity wrote: post #109

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I used to volunteer teaching coding to youths (teens in highschool, mostly) and I tend to believe this is the case. Though I think it's driven by the fact that it's user-friendly to set-up & use vs. alternatives. Consider the fact that it's super easy to buy a bunch of cheaper Chromebooks or tablets, fire up Nitrous or Cloud9, and now the focus can be on solving problems - rather than set-up/deployment.

> I used to volunteer teaching coding to youths (teens in highschool, mostly) Well, I just tried to sign up to c9 to give it a try, and it asked for credit card information (it is mandatory, even for trying it out). I'm not sure if all the youth has access to a credit card. Also, I don't think it is very user-friendly, but that is beside the point.

I dont think so... Maybe you were funneled into the free trial? I also use it with my students and it is free...

Re: Cloud9 Acquired by Amazon

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Post by pcr0 »

amelius wrote: post #117
s3r3nity wrote: post #109

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I used to volunteer teaching coding to youths (teens in highschool, mostly) and I tend to believe this is the case. Though I think it's driven by the fact that it's user-friendly to set-up & use vs. alternatives. Consider the fact that it's super easy to buy a bunch of cheaper Chromebooks or tablets, fire up Nitrous or Cloud9, and now the focus can be on solving problems - rather than set-up/deployment.

> I used to volunteer teaching coding to youths (teens in highschool, mostly) Well, I just tried to sign up to c9 to give it a try, and it asked for credit card information (it is mandatory, even for trying it out). I'm not sure if all the youth has access to a credit card. Also, I don't think it is very user-friendly, but that is beside the point.

That has to be a new development. I'm a student and I signed up for c9 about a year ago without a credit card.

I just tried it myself and you're right, they just added it.

Re: Cloud9 Acquired by Amazon

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Post by tmorton »

api wrote: post #63
goldenkey wrote: post #22

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Even the best job? Because working for them was the worst work environment I ever experienced in 15 years of employment as a software development engineer. Amazon may have some cheap prices and their customer service has the margins available to offer refunds/replacements quickly. But that all is easy guise. Amazon is rotten inside. Each product team does whatever it wants. So how long can the exterior hold a toxic s…

Cheap prices for the customer equal low pay and bad working conditions for the producer. Same is true of Wal-Mart... look into all those Chinese mega-factories where all that stuff is produced. It's one of the core paradoxes of economics. I want a cushy job with great pay, but when I go shopping I implicitly want everyone else to have a shitty job with low pay. There's a name for this paradox but I'm forgetting it ri…

This solution to this "core paradox" is the idea of gains from trade - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gains_from_trade

If everyone has the same capabilities and preferences, then the economy is a zero-sum game like you've described. In some fields, that's close to true, and those fields tend to be low-margin commodities.

Re: Cloud9 Acquired by Amazon

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Post by purplerabbit »

maratd wrote: post #50
KuiN wrote: post #31

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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. https://github.com/c9/core 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 produ…

He means the AWS Console editor for Lambda functions.

Re: Cloud9 Acquired by Amazon

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Post by [deleted] »

zeveb wrote: post #104
Rezo wrote: post #79

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You're telling me rsync already does everything that I want to do, when I'm trying to describe Dropbox.

> You're telling me rsync already does everything that I want to do, when I'm trying to describe Dropbox. Alternatively, you're trying to say that a McDonald's Happy Meal™ is great food, when I'm serving salt-crusted ribeye, served with fresh English peas, roasted sweet corn and garlic mashed potatoes with cream.

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Re: Cloud9 Acquired by Amazon

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Post by gd2 »

I like this. When testing my cloud9 account I thought it was a still rough edged proto-type of the future. I wasn't ready to change my workflow, but thought very interesting.

Congratulations to the cloud9 team.

Re: Cloud9 Acquired by Amazon

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Post by ebbv »

amelius wrote: post #78
williamstein wrote: post #57

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Yes

This is nice. But then again, how do you know when the other person is finished editing so you can run your program? On second thought, ssh and git seem more practical.

It shows you when the file is being edited, when it has unsaved changes, and when it's been saved. It also has a linter that shows you if there are typos. It's a full fledged IDE. It works great.

Re: Cloud9 Acquired by Amazon

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Post by mrmch »

For running a developer event like BattleSnake.io, C9 is amazing.

After a few years of headaches trying to help students get their local dev environments setup, we started recommending Cloud9 to all Students. Definitely the way of the future.

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