Replit Mobile App

#1

Post by todsacerdoti » Wed, Oct 19, 2022, 3:14 PM UTC

Re: Replit Mobile App

#2

Post by cantaloupe » Wed, Oct 19, 2022, 4:49 PM UTC

Wow! I haven’t used it yet, but I’m impressed by the demos. Seems like just the mobile editor with joystick and autocompletion would be a viable product by itself, not to mention the power of repl.it behind it.

Re: Replit Mobile App

#3

Post by kasajian » Wed, Oct 19, 2022, 4:56 PM UTC

Very little innovation is done in the area of coding on a small-form mobile device. Early attempts are needed in order to get feedback and learn from experience what works and what doesn't.

It's nice to see repl.it is at least attempting to address this "market". Their previous mobile app was so bad I uninstalled it and used the web site directly instead. Hopefully this works better.

Re: Replit Mobile App

#4

Post by stblack » Wed, Oct 19, 2022, 4:59 PM UTC

Presently on iOS it appears this is an iPhone app that doesn't scale to iPad screen dimensions, even when expanded. It's using between a third and a half of the available viewport in landscape orientation.

That said, it appears to work pretty well in side-by-side mode, concurrently with another app, but it still uses about half the available viewport in this mode.

I expect this will get addressed PDQ.

Re: Replit Mobile App

#5

Post by abxytg » Wed, Oct 19, 2022, 5:00 PM UTC

I love it. The next app that eats our lunch is going to be written by some kid on a school bus. That is killer.

Re: Replit Mobile App

#6

Post by pbiggar » Wed, Oct 19, 2022, 5:00 PM UTC

Very very cool. Have been thinking about this for Darklang for a while. One thing that's changed since I started thinking about it is how big a deal AI assist is.

Originally, I thought a structured editor would be essential, but now while it's helpful, I think AI assist can do like 90% the benefit you get.

Re: Replit Mobile App

#7

Post by petercooper » Wed, Oct 19, 2022, 5:01 PM UTC

For some reason the video in the post refuses to load for me, but it's also at https://twitter.com/Replit/status/1582750139621380096 - it's not for me, but it's a compelling pitch and I wish them every success. I'm a Replit user simply to use it as a clean testbed for various experiments and the value I get for $7/mo is very good.

Re: Replit Mobile App

#8

Post by brundolf » Wed, Oct 19, 2022, 5:07 PM UTC

stblack wrote: post #4

Presently on iOS it appears this is an iPhone app that doesn't scale to iPad screen dimensions, even when expanded. It's using between a third and a half of the available viewport in landscape orientation. That said, it appears to work pretty well in side-by-side mode, concurrently with another app, but it still uses about half the available viewport in this mode. I expect this will get addressed PDQ.

Came here to ask about this. Using it on a phone seems great for learning, toy projects, and maybe quick fixes, but I think you need more space to do sustained development. Having this on an iPad with a keyboard would be exciting.

Re: Replit Mobile App

#9

Post by sirjaz » Wed, Oct 19, 2022, 5:07 PM UTC

Is there any hope for a native desktop app?

Re: Replit Mobile App

#10

Post by kasajian » Wed, Oct 19, 2022, 5:09 PM UTC

kasajian wrote: post #3

Very little innovation is done in the area of coding on a small-form mobile device. Early attempts are needed in order to get feedback and learn from experience what works and what doesn't. It's nice to see repl.it is at least attempting to address this "market". Their previous mobile app was so bad I uninstalled it and used the web site directly instead. Hopefully this works better.

Still doesn't work.

1. Already have an account 2. Continue with Github 3. Blank white screen and just stays there.

I think I'll wait.