I've been programming on my phone with termux + vim. It's been sort of a delight.
The thought of using vim on a phone gives me mild anxiety but I'll definitely check termux!
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#32I've been programming on my phone with termux + vim. It's been sort of a delight.
>> I've been programming on my phone with termux + vim. It's been sort of a delight.
Seconded.
With Termux (https://termux.dev/en/) I have C, C++, Rust, Go, Perl, Python, Ruby, and more in my pocket.
The screen is small, but the tools are mostly the same you would find on your favorite *nix box.
No network connection needed beyond getting the packages you want installed.
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#33I've been programming on my phone with termux + vim. It's been sort of a delight.
The thought of using vim on a phone gives me mild anxiety but I'll definitely check termux!
>> The thought of using vim on a phone gives me mild anxiety but I'll definitely check termux!
termux also has emacs, nano, and a few other text editors.
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#34Replit recently raised a bunch of money and have really raised their advertising focus enormously. I'm seeing so much hype from them but so underwhelming actual value provided.
What? This is awesome.
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#35Isn't this entire problem addressed by having an 11" laptop? I struggle to see what this is good for, besides solving LeetCode and/or other small, isolated, well defined puzzles on a small screen.
Not everyone has a laptop is the point I think.
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#36Earlier quoted context omitted.
The thought of using vim on a phone gives me mild anxiety but I'll definitely check termux!
>> The thought of using vim on a phone gives me mild anxiety but I'll definitely check termux! termux also has emacs, nano, and a few other text editors.
I know I know that's why I'm giving it a shot :)
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#37I would like to code on a smartwatch, please. And on the dishwasher lcd.
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#38This is one of those examples for me where the idea is far superior than the implementation. The idea of anyone being able to quickly write code from anywhere, as the main promo video suggests, is fantastic and greatly motivating. In practice, coding on an iPhone (even with an innovative new joystick), is gimmicky at best, given how deeply ingrained good ergonomics are in the coding process. I struggle to see this as…
This may be an example of skating to where the puck is at.
Consider that the new iPad has the same power as a desktop and can be used with a desktop monitor. (This is the $450 version.) You can also connect an iPhone to a display to an HDMI monitor, but they haven't done the work to have a desktop mode yet. Android desktop mode but they haven't been . If iphone cracks it, android will have to catch up.
Phones have the power today and they have the storage today. It's just missing the work and make an external keyboard and storage display a first class experience.
And the moment you can can add a $100 monitor, a $15 cable, and a $40 bluetooth keyboard/mouse combo, you are at a developer machine for about $150 over their phone that they have anyway.
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#39I'm bullish on this because mobile (and web) development is ridiculously overcomplicated to a beginner. I think it's a common misconception that coding/logic is difficult. I find the development setup and deployment to be much more complicated. As evidence, take a look at the impressive workarounds that citizen developers use to make things work in an easy environment like Excel. A keyboard and mouse probably solve m…
I think the idea here is to enable people in places of the world that may not have laptops, where mobile phones are people's only computer. That's how I'm looking at this, but that's just my guess.
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#40On a related note, it would be cool if there was a "coding mode" mobile keyboard option. We have built-in keyboards for phone number and formatters for particular things. It would be cool to have a built-in coding keyboard that adapts to the language being written via plugins, etc.
I agree. A great start would even be to do something like what iSH does, where you have buttons for tab, control, escape, and a similar joystick for the arrow keys. As of now, I can't issue a tab in the shell, for example.