Buying an iPad Pro for coding was a mistake

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Post by koinedad » Fri, Jun 30, 2023, 4:46 AM UTC

Buying an iPad Pro for coding was a mistake
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Re: Buying an iPad Pro for coding was a mistake

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Post by DennisAleynikov » Fri, Jun 30, 2023, 5:02 AM UTC

you can't code on iOS why would even attempt this lmao. this isn't the thing they try to sell you on, its other kinds of apps and professions not engineering

xcode for ipad is on the horizon but I ain't holding my breath, they took years to implement something similar to Samsung DeX and even then its really poorly implemented and doesn't work well. (not to mention it isn't rolled out to all ipads)

Re: Buying an iPad Pro for coding was a mistake

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Post by fortuna86 » Fri, Jun 30, 2023, 5:03 AM UTC

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Re: Buying an iPad Pro for coding was a mistake

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Post by warning26 » Fri, Jun 30, 2023, 5:04 AM UTC

I have the iPad Air with the same M1 chip and it’s such a disappointment for this exact reason.

It literally has the same SoC as my MacBook, but is basically useless for most productive activities I’d like to do with it. (And even goes slower at the tasks it can do!) It really highlights just how awful iPadOS is compared to MacOS.

Re: Buying an iPad Pro for coding was a mistake

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Jun 30, 2023, 5:05 AM UTC

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Post by DennisAleynikov » Fri, Jun 30, 2023, 5:05 AM UTC

warning26 wrote: post #4

I have the iPad Air with the same M1 chip and it’s such a disappointment for this exact reason. It literally has the same SoC as my MacBook, but is basically useless for most productive activities I’d like to do with it. (And even goes slower at the tasks it can do!) It really highlights just how awful iPadOS is compared to MacOS.

they are so close to unlocking iPad and iPhone's potential but sadly keep doubling down on the locked experience.

even the vision pro, seem really disappointing that its essentially running iPadOS with ARKit

Re: Buying an iPad Pro for coding was a mistake

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Post by minimaxir » Fri, Jun 30, 2023, 5:06 AM UTC

It's "possible" to code now with GitHub Codespaces, which leverages VS Code for Web and has pretty good usability on the iPad, and there are a few less-conveinent ways to run the VS Code Web interface hosted on your own computer (e.g. Blink Shell: https://docs.blink.sh/advanced/code )

Re: Buying an iPad Pro for coding was a mistake

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Post by DennisAleynikov » Fri, Jun 30, 2023, 5:07 AM UTC

minimaxir wrote: post #7

It's "possible" to code now with GitHub Codespaces, which leverages VS Code for Web and has pretty good usability on the iPad, and there are a few less-conveinent ways to run the VS Code Web interface hosted on your own computer (e.g. Blink Shell: https://docs.blink.sh/advanced/code )

by this definition a chromebook is an excellent programming machine

Re: Buying an iPad Pro for coding was a mistake

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Post by herpderperator » Fri, Jun 30, 2023, 5:07 AM UTC

This is silly - just get a MacBook Air.

Re: Buying an iPad Pro for coding was a mistake

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Post by smiley1437 » Fri, Jun 30, 2023, 5:08 AM UTC

An ipad to be used with an external keyboard is a very suboptimal typing experience - there is usually no strong hinge to hold up the screen at arbitrary angles.

In my experience this also means you can't 'pick up' the system by the keyboard to move it around (which I do with my laptop all the time) so it feels super-awkward.

For drawing with the pencil, sure it's a great experience but if you need to output a ton of text it's not even close