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Re: Show HN: Codebox - Open-source cloud and desktop IDE

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Post by spindritf » Wed, Jan 08, 2014, 3:52 PM UTC

    npm install -g

I'm seeing this regularly in node.js projects. Why is it common to install globally and, well, crap up your system like that?

Are they running each app in a separate container/vm? This one seems to made for desktop though.

Re: Show HN: Codebox - Open-source cloud and desktop IDE

#52

Post by ekyo777 » Wed, Jan 08, 2014, 3:54 PM UTC

Seems to lack some form of 'package control'. I'd suggest checking the following before implementing tough: https://sublime.wbond.net/ http://batsov.com/articles/2012/02/19/package-management-in-...

Re: Show HN: Codebox - Open-source cloud and desktop IDE

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Jan 08, 2014, 3:59 PM UTC

itry wrote: post #39

Signed up with codebox.io. When trying to create a "box" I get this: Error creating this box Error: undefined: html, body, iframe { margin: 0; padding: 0; height: 100%; } iframe { display: block; width: 100%; border: none; } Application Error " rel="nofollow">https://sx0z2mmmtv96.statuspage.io/heroku/error"> Application Error

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Re: Show HN: Codebox - Open-source cloud and desktop IDE

#54

Post by AaronO » Wed, Jan 08, 2014, 4:01 PM UTC

spindritf wrote: post #51

npm install -g I'm seeing this regularly in node.js projects. Why is it common to install globally and, well, crap up your system like that? Are they running each app in a separate container/vm? This one seems to made for desktop though.

The global install is only for when you're running it locally on your machine (it isn't fully packaged for the desktop yet, but will be soon).

On our cloud service (https://www.codebox.io) we do run each app in a seperate container/VM of course.

Re: Show HN: Codebox - Open-source cloud and desktop IDE

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Post by itry » Wed, Jan 08, 2014, 4:01 PM UTC

rickyc091 wrote: post #40

itry wrote: post #39

Signed up with codebox.io. When trying to create a "box" I get this: Error creating this box Error: undefined: html, body, iframe { margin: 0; padding: 0; height: 100%; } iframe { display: block; width: 100%; border: none; } Application Error " rel="nofollow">https://sx0z2mmmtv96.statuspage.io/heroku/error"> Application Error

Refresh and the box should be there.

True. But now it gives me an "Authorization Required" dialog.

Re: Show HN: Codebox - Open-source cloud and desktop IDE

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Post by AaronO » Wed, Jan 08, 2014, 4:02 PM UTC

The service is currently going through some issues with the load from Hacker News. (We're in early Beta ...)

I'm doing my best to restore the service back as soon as possible, stay tuned I'll update this comment and follow our twitter feed @CodeboxIO

Re: Show HN: Codebox - Open-source cloud and desktop IDE

#57

Post by joshuacc » Wed, Jan 08, 2014, 4:04 PM UTC

spindritf wrote: post #51

npm install -g I'm seeing this regularly in node.js projects. Why is it common to install globally and, well, crap up your system like that? Are they running each app in a separate container/vm? This one seems to made for desktop though.

The only time I see this is when installing a command-line utility of some kind. For instance, if you install express with -g you can generate an app skeleton.

Installing libraries globally would be a problem, but it doesn't seem like this is what Codebox is doing.

Re: Show HN: Codebox - Open-source cloud and desktop IDE

#58

Post by joshuacc » Wed, Jan 08, 2014, 4:08 PM UTC

marigoldpicker wrote: post #50

is there a way to run this on a local machine. from the root, I run "node index.js" and nothing happens. from /core/cb.server, I run "node main.js" and nothing happens. I installed by cloning and cd into repo, ran npm install. I did not do "npm install -g codebox" because I wanted all the files in a specific directory. Therefore, I'm not using the codebox command that is supplied in the readme. I wanted to start it b…

You can probably start it by running codebox/bin/codebox.js directly. (It has the shebang line at the top, so no need to explicitly start node.)

https://github.com/FriendCode/codebox/blob/master/bin/codebo...

Re: Show HN: Codebox - Open-source cloud and desktop IDE

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Post by samsquire » Wed, Jan 08, 2014, 4:24 PM UTC

spindritf wrote: post #51

npm install -g I'm seeing this regularly in node.js projects. Why is it common to install globally and, well, crap up your system like that? Are they running each app in a separate container/vm? This one seems to made for desktop though.

npm install -g is more like apt-get install

If you don't want global state you could use a VM?

It's global because it is not per project. For example, I don't want to install a tool in every folder that I might happen to use it in. (Or bother setting paths and symlinks)

Re: Show HN: Codebox - Open-source cloud and desktop IDE

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Post by sprizzle » Wed, Jan 08, 2014, 4:27 PM UTC

pjungwir wrote: post #43

I'd love to see someone build an IDE that lives locally but syncs up to a cloud service so I can pull everything back down to a different machine and work there. I think you could actually do this with Docker, where your "IDE" would not be an editor, but a virtual system with the code, the database, a web server, the right version of Python/Ruby/foo, dependencies, etc., and you could use whatever editor you wanted. A…

+1 to this suggestion! Something that feels as seamless as Dropbox would make my dreams come true. And even better if it could sync to different providers of my choosing, e.g. Dropbox, Google Drive, etc. etc.