They just need a Git integration with syntax highlighting for other languages and this might actually be useful. Although there are many web-IDEs simple tool like this would still be useful.
Google's Code Editor
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Re: Google's Code Editor
#42Google is new Microsoft, They have no idea which products/apps they have...
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#43The link title will attract developers anxious to see what Google is offering or Googlers are using to edit code, but this is just an online editor designed for Apps Script editing. It's been around a long time and is less interesting than the link-bait title suggests.
Google Apps Script is very useful in conjunction with Google's online apps and their rich libraries. JavaScript makes for a good customization language.
One non-obvious irritation, however, is that scripts cannot be shared. So, for example, one has to duplicate code between multiple spreadsheets rather than being able to import it as one would expect. There's an issue open, but even with a high priority, it's two years old:
http://code.google.com/p/google-apps-script-issues/issues/de...
Re: Google's Code Editor
#44Filim Malena
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#45Well this would form a good basis for an on line code editor. I am surprised they are using javascript instead of Go, Dart, or Python
JavaScript is already supported by the browsers, it seems like the obvious choice for me. Especially since it's supposed to be for manipulating google docs, which live on the browser. The alternative would be to run the code server side which seems silly when you have a js interpreter right there already.
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#46Yuck
Please collaborate to the conversation, you're obviously allowed to not like it but please explain why. "Yuck" just doesn't cut it.
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#47Last year I've used Google Apps Script to automate a spreadsheet, it worked very well and that spreadsheet is still used inside my company. It's not very complex, all together maybe 200 lines of code, with tests. But, I'm not sure if I would do it again. Development style is not enjoyable, coding inside textarea with syntax highlighting is simply not good enough. I would prefer to use my text editor and some way to d…
Agreed an offline editor is very important, in my keyboard setup for some reason I can't use the character "}". Needless to say, hard to code without it. I'm sure they will fix it so, but it's a big no no for me at least.
Edit, it is not due to my keyboard language, i simply cant use the "}" character, the AltGr combination with the third button after the "L" is not working (My keybard has "ñ").
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#48Last year I've used Google Apps Script to automate a spreadsheet, it worked very well and that spreadsheet is still used inside my company. It's not very complex, all together maybe 200 lines of code, with tests. But, I'm not sure if I would do it again. Development style is not enjoyable, coding inside textarea with syntax highlighting is simply not good enough. I would prefer to use my text editor and some way to d…
We've got a fairly robust Mail Merge script with attachments (either the same for all or per-user), but distribution and maintenance is tricky given the lack of support for a centralised library of code.
Ideal would be allowing any publicly accesible URL (with some security measure to avoid blatant security holes) like Github raw master (always up-to-date).
The closest I've found is using eval (which is clearly NOT the best approach). There would need to be a format to specify which services you want to use (as currently it derives these from the source you write in the editor).
I would LOVE to be able to load in 'authorised' libraries to avoid redundant code.
Re: Google's Code Editor
#49Last year I've used Google Apps Script to automate a spreadsheet, it worked very well and that spreadsheet is still used inside my company. It's not very complex, all together maybe 200 lines of code, with tests. But, I'm not sure if I would do it again. Development style is not enjoyable, coding inside textarea with syntax highlighting is simply not good enough. I would prefer to use my text editor and some way to d…
I implemented Conway's Game of Life in AppScript once: http://sigusr2.net/2010/Jun/25/google-spreadsheets-game-of-l...
Re: Google's Code Editor
#50Last year I've used Google Apps Script to automate a spreadsheet, it worked very well and that spreadsheet is still used inside my company. It's not very complex, all together maybe 200 lines of code, with tests. But, I'm not sure if I would do it again. Development style is not enjoyable, coding inside textarea with syntax highlighting is simply not good enough. I would prefer to use my text editor and some way to d…
NOTE: this is NOT a troll. I know a great tool for the job. It works fine with source control and allows documents to be diffed and merged. The editor is 100% offline as is the product or it can be 100% online at will. No need to push changes to server - just replicate/copy. If you fancy collaboration tools you can use use extensive ones on a subscription basis. It's got a well documented SDK and an interface that yo…
Can you elaborate on Common Lisp automation...