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Re: Show HN: My 1-year project, iPad IDE with GitHub and Heroku integration

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This looks lovely! Nicely done. Big question that I couldn't see an answer to in the screenshots: how do you tab? Also, is there any chance of custom syntax highlighting for people like me who need to code in languages like (say it quietly) PHP from time to time?

Thanks. Well, just tap the files and the tabs will open automatically. Send me an email. Syntax highlighting can be done quickly.

How do you type a tab into the text editor?

Re: Show HN: My 1-year project, iPad IDE with GitHub and Heroku integration

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Poor you, it is obvious that one needs a real keyboard to code, any touchscreen just won't let you type quick enough.

The iPad is no good for any kind of authoring. I own one, love it but can hardly make myself even type a 3 sentence email on it, let alone code.

I'm afraid you've waisted a year.

Re: Show HN: My 1-year project, iPad IDE with GitHub and Heroku integration

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There's no mention of FTP - is it possible to deploy to a server other than Heroku? The iPad IDEs I've tried are all lacking an integrated FTP client which provides a decent workflow for web dev, if you provided this in worqshop I'd adopt it in a heartbeat!

Re: Show HN: My 1-year project, iPad IDE with GitHub and Heroku integration

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Poor you, it is obvious that one needs a real keyboard to code, any touchscreen just won't let you type quick enough. The iPad is no good for any kind of authoring. I own one, love it but can hardly make myself even type a 3 sentence email on it, let alone code. I'm afraid you've waisted a year.

http://ipad.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/ipad-keyboard-doc...

Re: Show HN: My 1-year project, iPad IDE with GitHub and Heroku integration

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Poor you, it is obvious that one needs a real keyboard to code, any touchscreen just won't let you type quick enough. The iPad is no good for any kind of authoring. I own one, love it but can hardly make myself even type a 3 sentence email on it, let alone code. I'm afraid you've waisted a year.

http://ipad.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/ipad-keyboard-doc...

Also known as a 'laptop'

Re: Show HN: My 1-year project, iPad IDE with GitHub and Heroku integration

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Hi HN, I've been implementing it since July last year. I'm still developing / improving it. Well, Apple just approved the latest version. Well, it's not LightTable, but with it, you can commit to GitHub and deploy to Heroku, StackMob, or AppHarbor from your iPad.

No, it's not lighttable, it's real working software that you can buy/use now, not slideware. Kudos to you.

Re: Show HN: My 1-year project, iPad IDE with GitHub and Heroku integration

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While I applaud the effort, I do not understand the motivation. When I want to develop something, I use a desktop or a notebook, and I'm never away from one long enough that I would have no choice but to work on a mobile device.

Think about students in CS classes who already have their textbooks on their iPads but need to lug around a notebook just for some trivial coding. IMO this might be an interesting target group. HOWEVER the current language support does not really do that group justice. Add at least C, C++, Java and maybe Pascal and Basic (high school CS classes) syntax highlighting to cover a good portion of CS classes.
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