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Create web apps in JavaScript right from your browser

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Re: Create web apps in JavaScript right from your browser

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Good work. As author of Ace (the source code editor) I'm always happy to see it being used. Do you guys have Cappuccino bindings for Ace you might consider sharing?

Sure, happy to share anything you find useful and thank you for the awesome work on Ace! Please send us an email here http://groups.google.com/group/akshell and we'll take it from there.

Re: Create web apps in JavaScript right from your browser

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post #23

Thank you so much for making this. I'm learning to program, and an intern at a place where I can't use my computer, can't install anything on their windows machines, and have a lot of free time. You just made my life a LOT better.

Sounds like you need to get a better internship =]

Mind you, if it pays well and you have enough spare time to pursue your own interests then it might not be such a bad thing overall!

Re: Create web apps in JavaScript right from your browser

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post #24
post #23

Thank you so much for making this. I'm learning to program, and an intern at a place where I can't use my computer, can't install anything on their windows machines, and have a lot of free time. You just made my life a LOT better.

Sounds like you need to get a better internship =] Mind you, if it pays well and you have enough spare time to pursue your own interests then it might not be such a bad thing overall!

Oh, it's unpaid. But I have to do it for school credit to graduate :(

I'm a political science major.

Re: Create web apps in JavaScript right from your browser

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post #24
post #23

Thank you so much for making this. I'm learning to program, and an intern at a place where I can't use my computer, can't install anything on their windows machines, and have a lot of free time. You just made my life a LOT better.

Sounds like you need to get a better internship =] Mind you, if it pays well and you have enough spare time to pursue your own interests then it might not be such a bad thing overall!

Maybe we should start paying you for building Akshell apps for our clients? That way you can do what you enjoy and get paid for it, while getting your CV points as well ;)

Re: Create web apps in JavaScript right from your browser

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post #4

You've no idea how good it is to see an IDE on an iPad. Editing doesn't seem to work, but so what; it's _there_

We are aware of this and are working on an on screen keyboard, kind of like this: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/04/integrating-virtual-k... To answer the question below: we would need a custom layout to ensure all the curly brackets and other common JS chars are one tap away

Why not use the buit-in keyboard-UI in the iPad?

Re: Create web apps in JavaScript right from your browser

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post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Interesting tweet: "... someone made the old @heroku for node.js" -- did Heroku start out as a browser-based app builder?

Yes, Heroku was the first. I tried it out. It was fun, but I think they realised that though it was a novel idea, it was not the _Big Idea_, and they replaced it with what they now have. That's pretty inspiring when you consider how much work they threw away and how that decision has been rewarded.

Maybe the timing was just wrong? The browsers are fast enough now and users, including developers, are much more comfortable with web apps.
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