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Re: GitLab Web IDE

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Post by evv »

tills13 wrote: post #31
client4 wrote: post #20

If multiple users could use the "IDE" at the same time I could move entirely off of GSuite. Right now being able to edit the occasional code block with 4 people watching is worth GDocs.

You could use VSCode Live Share...

Almost all of VSCode is open source, but live share is not.. On their website I noticed that they intend to provide generous 'free plans' of live share, which is a big hint about how Microsoft intends to monetize their open source products.

In any case, I see a lot of value for the IDE to be integrated into your git host, so I think this is a great step for GitLab.

Re: GitLab Web IDE

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Post by tschwimmer »

rootlocus wrote: post #22
cabaalis wrote: post #14

I'll admit I'm a very poor "look and feel" person. But am I the only one who thinks that the zooming images on this webpage are hostile to the user? (1) The zoom animation takes too long, I want to see the screenshot (2) After zooming, it's still difficult to read to my 33-year-old eyes. I want a fullscreen image. (3) After finishing squinting at the screenshot, I scroll down to read more text only to have that text…

I managed to bug an animation by scrolling too fast over it. One screenshot kept snapping back and forward 10 pixels really fast. I always feel like I'm not part of the demographic for these presentation pages.

I think it's just bugged. Was doing the exact same thing for me too.

Re: GitLab Web IDE

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Post by tootie »

ssijak wrote: post #17

What is the use for this? I mean how many people actually use such tools for actual day to day dev? Maybe for some quick edit if you don`t have laptop/computer at hand, but otherwise I see no real advantage of this.

I've actually been using it for the past month or two and it's been pretty solid. My particular use case is that I'm using GitLab pages and can use the Web IDE as a poor man's CMS tool. Edit/preview the markdown and upload images, then commit and have the CI pipeline pick it up and deploy. I can see myself editing config files, READMEs or possibly markup. Real coding would likely end up frustrating as hell.

Ironically, GitLab pages ended up not working very well for me. It was nigh impossible to add a cert to a custom domain. I ended rewriting the CI pipeline to push to Firebase.

Re: GitLab Web IDE

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Post by tootie »

pomber wrote: post #39

> We are planning for an even better experience in the future: one where we can integrate and support more advanced features, such as a live environment to test your code against This. Please. I'm playing with a similar concept for GitHub: https://twitter.com/pomber/status/1003416752146075648

One day, I can toss out all my expensive hardware and do my job with a hi-res Chromebook and steady wifi.

Re: GitLab Web IDE

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Post by exsilium »

upbeatlinux wrote: post #40

Hmm, at one point wasn't there a tight integration between Koding and GitLab? Or at least an attempt to make the tools more cooperative? In fact a Koding acquisition by GitLab seemed like a no brainer. FWIW ~2012-2013 there was Cloud9, Koding and Nitrous. Now that Nitrous is defunct and Cloud9 was acquired I'm not sure what fills the void. Put differently is there a void to fill? Is there an actual demand for web IDE…

If you are looking for a self-host solution, you can still use the [GPL version of Cloud9 v2](https://github.com/exsilium/cloud9). All contributions to the project are warmly welcome.

Re: GitLab Web IDE

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Post by jay-anderson »

tcfunk wrote: post #16
dillonb wrote: post #7

But does it have Vim keybindings?

Asking the important questions.

While it may not have been a serious question, vim key bindings (or emacs or whatever) are important to many people. You spend so much of your time in your editor/ide and become expert in it. Learning to work in another one is painful before you're properly productive again.

Re: GitLab Web IDE

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Post by slrz »

Dayshine wrote: post #24
ssijak wrote: post #17

What is the use for this? I mean how many people actually use such tools for actual day to day dev? Maybe for some quick edit if you don`t have laptop/computer at hand, but otherwise I see no real advantage of this.

I have several repos of text-file based validators that members of the public contribute to. They don't understand git, so it's handy to be able to edit on the website. Git has a super high learning curve for simple edits...

GitLab always had a simple editor that you can use to make commits from the web interface.

The Web IDE thing is something more sophisticated.

Re: GitLab Web IDE

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Post by int0x80 »

zachlatta wrote: post #18

Wow, very cool. Lots of new players in this space: https://repl.it , https://glitch.me , and now GitLab (and I'd be surprised if GitHub doesn't follow in tow). Cloud9's acquisition really left a big hole in the market. AFAIK there's still nothing out there that gives you a decent code editor (edit multiple files, have multiple tabs open, etc) that also gives you access to a Linux shell and ability to expose ports lik…

Ok. One question that bothers me. Why repl.it and company permit internet access through their sandboxes? How is that not restricted? I can just annonymously run stuff and use them as a proxy. That is a big no-no in my book, but I must be missing something.
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