Buffereditor – Code and Text Editor for iPhone, iPad and iPad Pro

Post by alephnan » Sat, Apr 09, 2022, 1:36 AM UTC

lern_too_spel wrote: post #110

alephnan wrote: post #109

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> Many have fallen for Apple's shiny marketing Has Apple marketed iOS as a self-hosting software development device ? > This is a forum for technologists who are often interested in this functionality Are people who are interested in functionality seriously expecting Apple to be the most “functional”? Isn’t that the whole schpiel of Linux, open source, where everything is customizable? Why are people seeking out Appl…

> Has Apple marketed iOS as a self-hosting software development device ? Apple has marketed iPhone as an everything device. "There's an app for that." > But if this approach was superior, why are these same technologists fawning over Apple then ? People feel a psychological need to justify their expensive purchases. On some axes, Apple's hardware is superior to alternatives. On pretty much all axes, Apple's software…

Post by naikrovek » Sat, Apr 09, 2022, 5:17 AM UTC

ramraj07 wrote: post #41

rwalle wrote: post #30

> Easily develop software, view code or take notes on the go "Develop software", which means writing code without the ability to run them, or the ability to compile multiple files as a "project", like all the other code editors on iOS? I stopped paying attention to these apps because of how App artificially limit what apps can do. Writing Java offline? Good, but you can compile one class at a time, and the possibilit…

Used to be on android and it wasn’t that much better either. I love the GitHub app, and with good CICD I have made many PRs from my phone itself and let the GitHub actions tell me if I did something wrong (though creating PRs I need to open the website). If I can get a really good code editor integrated with GitHub I can totally see myself working half my day from the phone.

Post by emrah » Sat, Apr 09, 2022, 5:48 AM UTC

emrah wrote: post #58

On Mac/iOS, Notes is hard to beat honestly. No I can't code in it, but I don't want to code on my phone and on my laptop I have other tools to code in, sorry..

Post by kaba0 » Sat, Apr 09, 2022, 5:17 PM UTC

alephnan wrote: post #74

rwalle wrote: post #30

> Easily develop software, view code or take notes on the go "Develop software", which means writing code without the ability to run them, or the ability to compile multiple files as a "project", like all the other code editors on iOS? I stopped paying attention to these apps because of how App artificially limit what apps can do. Writing Java offline? Good, but you can compile one class at a time, and the possibilit…

Why should Apple be obligated to make their hardware open? You have the option of not buying Apple products. Apple is not forcing anyone to buy their products. Apple is a private company. The vast majority of their customers don’t need to worry about compiling their own software. Apple is selling a product for the average consumer. Arguably, Apple doesn’t want hardcore users like yourself as a user. Hardcore users ar…

Post by kaba0 » Sat, Apr 09, 2022, 5:22 PM UTC

alephnan wrote: post #111

lern_too_spel wrote: post #110

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Has Apple marketed iOS as a self-hosting software development device ? Apple has marketed iPhone as an everything device. "There's an app for that." > But if this approach was superior, why are these same technologists fawning over Apple then ? People feel a psychological need to justify their expensive purchases. On some axes, Apple's hardware is superior to alternatives. On pretty much all axes, Apple's software…

> Complaining about what is wrong with each device incentivizes companies to make them better Not really. Financial incentives incentivizes companies to make devices “better”. Additionally, adding more complexity and adding low level hooks for developers is likely to make things worst for the majority of users.