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

#11

Post by ritonlajoie » Wed, Jan 08, 2014, 2:17 PM UTC

I have an issue installing this with npm. Here is the error : http://i.imgur.com/7NQo8US.png

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

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Post by AaronO » Wed, Jan 08, 2014, 2:24 PM UTC

ritonlajoie wrote: post #11

I have an issue installing this with npm. Here is the error : http://i.imgur.com/7NQo8US.png

Have you tried clearing your cache (with npm cache clear) ?

Codebox is on NPM, here : https://npmjs.org/package/codebox.

Try clearing your cache and give it another try, it seems to be some issue on NPM's side.

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

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Post by talkingquickly » Wed, Jan 08, 2014, 2:25 PM UTC

AaronO wrote: post #9

talkingquickly wrote: post #8

Exactly what I was looking for yesterday researching an interactive programming tutorial I was thinking of putting together. Great timing! Not sure if it's intentional but the license (apache2) link on GitHub goes to the docs folder rather than the license text/ definition.

Regarding interactive programming. I've got some things in a local branch, that provide some Light table like features. I'll try to get working on those, when I've finished a few other things with a higher priority. Maybe you could help contribute to that ?

Definitely interested in contributing, going to get this up on a VM tonight and try and get to grips with how it works. What's the best way to get in touch with you?

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

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Post by AaronO » Wed, Jan 08, 2014, 2:27 PM UTC

kybernetyk wrote: post #6

AaronO wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hi Aaron from FriendCode speaking (Codebox author), The IDE itself isn't tied to specific VMs, it can run on your own server, your own desktop/laptop or our cloud. We provide stacks for our cloud solution https://www.codebox.io/ . We provide stacks and VMs for all common languages and frameworks (PHP, Java, Dart, Node.js, Python, Ruby, Go, C/C++, Lua) as of right now. The community can also contribute new stacks prov…

Oh, that's pretty interesting. Going to try this out - maybe this will be the first usable C++ IDE under Linux for me :) Oh, and Rust support would be awesome. But I guess that's too early. /edit: I like that it runs cmatrix in my browser: http://i.imgur.com/ZDiJ5Tw.png ;)

I've played with Rust a bit as well (with Mozilla's servo engine) and it's pretty cool.

I don't think it's an overly common request, but I could definitely add a Rust stack (we already have a Go one).

cmatrix :)

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

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Post by pvsnp » Wed, Jan 08, 2014, 2:29 PM UTC

AaronO wrote: post #4

kybernetyk wrote: post #2

The idea of encapsulated VM boxes is intriguing. What I couldn't find at first glance though is: what programming languages are supported by this IDE?

Hi Aaron from FriendCode speaking (Codebox author), The IDE itself isn't tied to specific VMs, it can run on your own server, your own desktop/laptop or our cloud. We provide stacks for our cloud solution https://www.codebox.io/ . We provide stacks and VMs for all common languages and frameworks (PHP, Java, Dart, Node.js, Python, Ruby, Go, C/C++, Lua) as of right now. The community can also contribute new stacks prov…

Any plans for supporting LXC or similar container solutions. They're much cheaper on the server side if you want to host a solution like this.

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

#16

Post by arikrak » Wed, Jan 08, 2014, 2:30 PM UTC

How does this compare with Cloud9? https://github.com/ajaxorg/cloud9/

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

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Post by whazzmaster » Wed, Jan 08, 2014, 2:35 PM UTC

I was confused for a moment at the app name as I thought this referred to the excellent CodeBox application[1]; I thought maybe that app had been evolved into a full IDE.

[1] http://www.shpakovski.com/codebox/

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

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Post by ritonlajoie » Wed, Jan 08, 2014, 2:36 PM UTC

AaronO wrote: post #12

ritonlajoie wrote: post #11

I have an issue installing this with npm. Here is the error : http://i.imgur.com/7NQo8US.png

Have you tried clearing your cache (with npm cache clear) ? Codebox is on NPM, here : https://npmjs.org/package/codebox . Try clearing your cache and give it another try, it seems to be some issue on NPM's side.

well, I installed npm just for that :p

Also Tried the cache clear, didn't do anything.

Nevermind, will pass on that. Seems to be a great work btw, will try again in a few months :)

Edit : I had to npm config set registry http://registry.npmjs.org/ and it's working now.

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

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Post by AaronO » Wed, Jan 08, 2014, 2:37 PM UTC

arikrak wrote: post #16

How does this compare with Cloud9? https://github.com/ajaxorg/cloud9/

Codebox & Cloud9 share some similarities (IDE's built with web technologies).

However we have a big emphasis on modularity, ease of use. We have a Desktop app (linux/mac) coming in the pipes.

Our cloud version has offline support (so you can code even when the network cuts).

And a handful of other things. For example our hosting platform supports stacks (swappable VM images), that allow us to provide our clients with tailored environments to suit their needs (languages & frameworks they use).

Overall Codebox & Cloud9 are both interesting projects. And the Cloud9 team has definitely built some interesting stuff as well.

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

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Post by Goranek » Wed, Jan 08, 2014, 2:38 PM UTC

I'm getting Error: connect ECONNREFUSED when trying to create a new box @codebox.io