WebIDE lands in Firefox Nightly

Post by smacktoward » Mon, Jun 23, 2014, 4:40 PM UTC

chousuke wrote: post #41

kibwen wrote: post #24

> We’re working on a protocol adapter that will allow > clients using the Firefox Remote Debugging Protocol – > including the Developer Tools and WebIDE – talk to all > mobile browsers, regardless of rendering engine or > runtime. Our first targets are Chrome for Android and > Safari on iOS. My company expects all of our internal web applications to function on the executives' iPads, but they refuse to purchase Macs…

So instead of a one-time cost, they'd rather bleed money due to lowered productivity? I don't know how much time you spend developing internal tools, but I'd expect the cost in lost time to surpass the cost of a few (possibly shared) development machines rather quickly.

Post by thefreeman » Mon, Jun 23, 2014, 4:41 PM UTC

jaredmcateer wrote: post #20

Deutscher wrote: post #3

I've always wondered why developer tools are bundled with browsers. Shouldn't they be available as separate downloads as: 1. Most people use browsers compared to working with them for development, and 2. The additional tools just add to the package size and possibly increased resource usage (if they are running with the rest of the browser)? Thanks in advance for the replies.

I don't think Mozilla cares about the file size anymore. 10 years ago they cared about the file size of Firefox, the mandate was that it could not be greater than ~5mb, the stable download is now almost 6 times that size.

Post by jryans » Mon, Jun 23, 2014, 4:44 PM UTC

BaconJuice wrote: post #43

Anyone know how I can access this on Windows XP? Don't seem to see the option to click "Web IDE" on Developer tools?

Post by [deleted] » Mon, Jun 23, 2014, 4:44 PM UTC

jryans wrote: post #38

sliverstorm wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are OSX virtual machines allowed now? I mean, obviously you can do it at home, but a company has to be a little more careful.

Yes, Apple's license allows it now.

Post by paulirish » Mon, Jun 23, 2014, 4:49 PM UTC

kibwen wrote: post #24

> We’re working on a protocol adapter that will allow > clients using the Firefox Remote Debugging Protocol – > including the Developer Tools and WebIDE – talk to all > mobile browsers, regardless of rendering engine or > runtime. Our first targets are Chrome for Android and > Safari on iOS. My company expects all of our internal web applications to function on the executives' iPads, but they refuse to purchase Macs…