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Re: Ask HN: Is anyone using a web IDE for most of their development work?

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Post by saboot »

maratd wrote: post #21

Yup, I have Cloud9 installed locally on my own server. All my coding is done through it. Fast, easily accessible over VPN, and complete control. Love having multiple terminals open right up on my server in the IDE and just flip through them using tabs.

This looks great, it could be a good tool for setting up dev environments for student interns. Not sure how well the C++ is. Their documentation [1] doesn't list how to install privately, nor is the pricing for private setups clear.

Could you share how you set this up, and how much it costs?

https://docs.c9.io/v1.0/docs/picking-a-plan

Re: Ask HN: Is anyone using a web IDE for most of their development work?

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Post by bnzelener »

sammorrowdrums wrote: post #6

The Pebble Web IDE is actually really pretty good! I generally don't use them, but for Pebble it was easier, as it offers direct deployment, complication toolchain etc.

I really like their UI and deploying over the web - that was like magic. But I was having a weird issue with loading images in Pebble.JS at first. I came back a week later and the image load worked just fine under the same conditions. They're still in early stages, but it's an awesome platform.

Re: Ask HN: Is anyone using a web IDE for most of their development work?

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Post by _cipher_ »

task_queue wrote: post #23

No, because none of them contain the static analysis and developer tools one comes to expect from a competent IDE. Also coding in the browser has been a miserable experience.

> Also coding in the browser has been a miserable experience.

Basically that ^.

Having tried some web IDEs, I can say it's not a pleasant situation when browser crashes or hangs.

Putting aside local tools or whatever, the editor must must be available at all times, with or without internet connection. At least that's my view. :)

Re: Ask HN: Is anyone using a web IDE for most of their development work?

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Post by filearts »

task_queue wrote: post #23

No, because none of them contain the static analysis and developer tools one comes to expect from a competent IDE. Also coding in the browser has been a miserable experience.

On both points, that is the exact opposite of my experience doing Node.js/Javascript/CSS/HTML in Cloud9IDE.

It is clear that the browser environment imposes some restrictions on what an online IDE can do (restricted hotkeys, no on-machine filesystem access). Notwithstanding that, I've come to prefer the Cloud9IDE environment over local options and love being able to pick-up where I left off as I switch between computers.

Re: Ask HN: Is anyone using a web IDE for most of their development work?

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Post by maratd »

saboot wrote: post #31
maratd wrote: post #21

Yup, I have Cloud9 installed locally on my own server. All my coding is done through it. Fast, easily accessible over VPN, and complete control. Love having multiple terminals open right up on my server in the IDE and just flip through them using tabs.

This looks great, it could be a good tool for setting up dev environments for student interns. Not sure how well the C++ is. Their documentation [1] doesn't list how to install privately, nor is the pricing for private setups clear. Could you share how you set this up, and how much it costs? https://docs.c9.io/v1.0/docs/picking-a-plan

Very easy to install:

https://github.com/c9/core

It's completely open source. License allows non-commercial use, if you want to be completely legit and use this for commercial purposes, you need to get in touch with them or use the hosted version.

Re: Ask HN: Is anyone using a web IDE for most of their development work?

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Post by flurdy »

favadi wrote: post #26
alphabetam wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's not a web ide. :-)

Maybe he thought we are talking about IDE for web development. :P

The title is not very clear. I only knew it meant web based IDEs as it mentions Cloud9. I can see why some may think it is a question about modern day Dreamweaver.

Re: Ask HN: Is anyone using a web IDE for most of their development work?

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Post by stillsut »

IPython notebooks run in the browser, but (usually) don't use a remote server.

This medium - html/js - is great for analysis work with lots of image-processing/plotting/reporting, etc. but very difficult to build out a full app in it because it lacks any of the normal IDE find and refactor tools. Also, the .ipynb file storage format tends to obscure finding code within directories.

Re: Ask HN: Is anyone using a web IDE for most of their development work?

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Post by iamclovin »

Co-founded Nitrous (but no longer part of it) so take my opinion for what it's worth.

The real benefit is not in the Web IDE per se, but the fact that your dev environment is accessible from anywhere. That is the killer feature. You don't have to setup your environment more than once if you have more than one computer; you can work even with a Chromebook/iPad, and it's easily shareable with your team.

The web IDE is great if you want to make quick edits (or want to collaborate in real-time) but in most other cases, native editors have it beat.

Nitrous also provides file-sync tools which let you use your current editors with a cloud-based dev environment [1].

[1] http://docs.nitrous.io/v1.0/docs/nitrous-sync

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