Seems pretty similar to http://thebinaryapp.com/
Except it is for native iOS apps. Ends up being completely different.
Dringend – iOS and Mac development on your iPad
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Re: Dringend – iOS and Mac development on your iPad
#22Not trying to be rude because this obviously took a ton of effort, but why on earth would I ever want to build iOS/Mac apps on an iPad? My fingers hurt just thinking about it.
Just to present a contrary viewpoint, I've wanted something like this for a long time. So, kudos to the team behind it. Why would I want it? I take my iPad everywhere, that's why. My iPad is my go-to device. I'm not at all certain it will work for me, or the workflow will be to my linking, but I'm glad someone did it. And they'll get my ten bucks. Curious to see how they handle provisioning & loading builds onto the…
As I understand it, Dringend commands your remote xcode on your mac to build your app. If the built ipa is placed in dropbox along with the install XML (or was it html?), the ipa can then be installed from a dropbox url, works just like Testflight.
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#23I'd like to point out that the developer of this application is 17 years old. He's a student at the school I work at and a fantastic programmer.
I don't know whether he'd be annoyed at me for mentioning this or not, but given some of the negativity in the comments, I think it's worth noting. I can't imagine the type of applications he'll be developing in a few years time.
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#24I'd like to point out that the developer of this application is 17 years old. He's a student at the school I work at and a fantastic programmer. I don't know whether he'd be annoyed at me for mentioning this or not, but given some of the negativity in the comments, I think it's worth noting. I can't imagine the type of applications he'll be developing in a few years time.
The comments have been pretty negative, but I think they are mainly due to the fact that this project (whilst being cool) isn't really that useful.
The fact that the developer is 17 is cool: maybe you could suggest that it could be turned into a code review/ code merging tool? That might suit the device a little better (maybe it could airplay the code and be used as a presentation tool?)
Please take on board that people are negative about the idea, as opposed to the implementation.
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#25It's a clever system: the app is really a text editor which sends the code you write to your Mac. Your Mac builds the app and sends the binary back to your iPad. Pros: * Code when you're on the move because... laptops haven't been invented yet? Cons: * You need an internet connection all the time. * No support for any version control system??? "Import your project from Dropbox and Dringend will handle syncing any cha…
Hi there, I'm the developer of this app so just thought I'd reply to some of the cons you made.
You don't need an internet connection all the time, just simply for building or running the application as Dringend needs to connect to the build server.
Support for git is coming up in version 1.2 and is going to be in the hands of beta testers very soon.
Features such as support for asset catalogs and XIBs/Storyboards are also in the pipeline.
Re: Dringend – iOS and Mac development on your iPad
#26I'd like to point out that the developer of this application is 17 years old. He's a student at the school I work at and a fantastic programmer. I don't know whether he'd be annoyed at me for mentioning this or not, but given some of the negativity in the comments, I think it's worth noting. I can't imagine the type of applications he'll be developing in a few years time.
Is he looking for a summer job? ;)
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#27i would have expected fully integrated with git...
not having any git support for dev box is a show stopper.
Re: Dringend – iOS and Mac development on your iPad
#28It's a clever system: the app is really a text editor which sends the code you write to your Mac. Your Mac builds the app and sends the binary back to your iPad. Pros: * Code when you're on the move because... laptops haven't been invented yet? Cons: * You need an internet connection all the time. * No support for any version control system??? "Import your project from Dropbox and Dringend will handle syncing any cha…
Hi there, I'm the developer of this app so just thought I'd reply to some of the cons you made. You don't need an internet connection all the time, just simply for building or running the application as Dringend needs to connect to the build server. Support for git is coming up in version 1.2 and is going to be in the hands of beta testers very soon. Features such as support for asset catalogs and XIBs/Storyboards ar…
Glad to hear git support is on the way. This roadmap would a good addition to your website.
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#29I wonder if they'll have the Clang static analyzer running in the iPad or they'll parse the syntax through a server. In the former case would be really awesome, and possibly doable given the static analyzer is open source. Wonder how much work is required to parse XIB and storyboards... I'd love to use this on an airplane.
At the moment the app doesn't employ the use of the Clang static analyzer but I am looking into using libClang both for live issues as you code and also for auto complete. Also, XIB/Storyboard support is one that will be worked on just as soon as git support is out of the door and in the hands of the users.
(I'm the dev by the way)
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#30So now that we are on the subject of IDE's for ipads. What are some other nice apps to edit other languages on the go?
Textastic[1] and gitmongo[2] are my indispensable duo when it comes to code editing, searching and git interactions on my iphone/ipad.
[1]: http://www.textasticapp.com/
[2]: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/gitmongo/id593450102?mt=8