I've been programming on my phone with termux + vim. It's been sort of a delight.
In case you want the same Termux experience but also the huge nix packages collection - check out https://github.com/t184256/nix-on-droid
Replit Mobile App
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#42This 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 is mostly aimed at people who don't have the luxury of coding from a computer. See this tweet from the CEO: https://twitter.com/amasad/status/1582754947480793093 > We partnered with @TeamMindjoy to test the app by teaching girls how to code in a South African township and we made a video about it. During this time the wifi was super unstable and the few laptops they had were unusable, but kids continued to code…
> During this time the wifi was super unstable
Unless I'm doing something wrong it seem that you still have to be online to create and run code.
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#43It would be really cool if this worked offline but I get how hard that is to do.
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#44Excited to see more mobile first development experiences.
I didn’t think I’d use them, but Autocode’s WebUI works on mobile and I’ve found myself tweaking app logic from my couch for a Halo integration.
For more in-depth focused work, I prefer a keyboard and mouse. But fixing a quick edge case I missed? It’s super handy to be able to tweak a few lines of code with the device in my pocket.
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#45Five times attempting to create an account by using a Google account, on Android phone, five times phone receiving request for approval, five times approving the request, five times bouncing back to the app on the "create an account" state.
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#46Replit 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.
You really think so? Stuff like this has existed for a while you tired real quick of doing anything significant on your phone (having tried a few before).
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#47I think it's great that they've identified cursor placement as one of the trickier aspects of coding on a phone. The joystick is a great idea, I found it a bit hard to use at first (kind of flies around the screen) but the little buttons are good for getting your cursor inside a string literal, for example. I'm excited to get my students trying this, many of them only have a school issued iPad. I'm also curious about…
How's it compare to the "space bar trick" on iOS? That thing usually seems to work to let me position the cursor how I want
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#48Thinking of all the kids in lower income situations that only have an Android phone as their only computing device and how Replit will make it possible for them to discover their talent and passion for programming makes me so happy!
Imagine learning how to code well enough, get paid for it to buy your first computer!
Great work!
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#49I'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!
I've found the phone's small keyboard makes a lot of the silly vim shortcuts I've learned over time actually worth it.
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#50I'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.
Think people with chromebooks or old laptops who cannot use it for development. Or restricted laptops loaned from school which do not allow anyone but admin access to install anything.