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101 pointsgarrypettet11y ago57 comments

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dabernathy8911y ago

"The only multi-platform cloud editor" except for all of the other ones.

https://www.nitrous.io/ http://codev.it/ https://codio.com/ etc, etc

PaulBGD11y ago

None of those are made for mobile/table. Not a single one.

majorsc2noob11y ago

Neither is this. Page says it works on all platforms but when I try the code editor on my Windows Phone 8, it's clear that it does not. Page scrolls to weird locations when I just type. I typed Hello and some second later text was scrolled out of visibility. Spent a few minutes just trying to type, but it really does not work. (This was typed on same phone without weird scrolling...)

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rjaco3111y ago

Who is crazy enough to code on a mobile/tablet though??

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PaulBGD11y ago

I suppose Codio has iPad support it looks like.

dabernathy8911y ago

well technically any browser-based editor is going to be multi-platform. i'm just being picky.

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empressplay11y ago

I realise that it's become common to trust cloud services with your IP, but as expensive and onerous (and often impossible) it would be to prove that someone ripped off your code, it seems foolish to develop anything proprietary or patentable on a platform like this one, regardless of what legalese they put in their TOS.

It would be far more sensible for Codeanywhere to offer / license a VM or Docker appliance that you could host on your own server, that you could monitor its network traffic, and so on. This way you could have some sense of security.

When a chunk of source code can ultimately be licensed for millions of dollars, you probably want to have a bit more protection for your IP. Not being so much paranoid as practical.

lern_too_spel11y ago

Your argument applies just as much to email, but it appears not to be a problem. Two reasons:

1. The legal protections and auditing are actually enough. 2. The companies hosting mail and code successfully have better security than most customers that would otherwise run those services in-house.

raesene311y ago

on your second point, I'd be careful before making that assumption. Without evidence there's no reason to believe that a supplier company will have better security than your own and it's entirely possible they don't.

Also should a supplier suffer a breach they have powerful incentives not to disclose that breach to you, and where intellectual property is involved (e.g. code) the theft may well not become immediately apparent.

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davisd11y ago

Being cloud based is this "Code Anywhere", or "Code anywhere where you have Internet access"? The latter, in my case, would be "Code in less places than you could with your laptop and standard offline dev tools".

damian200011y ago

When was the last time you did any development without internet access though? For me at least, I've found it to be pretty much a necessity.

patrickg11y ago

I travel a lot by train, which means a broken internet connection most of the time. Or when I stay in hotels or on a customer's site without wifi (3G doesn't always work well enough).

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e12e11y ago

Can't speak for parent, but for me: on a train (lots of tunnels - no really, lots of tunnels[1]), on an airplane and in an airport (no free wifi) -- quite recently.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergen_Line#Line

Side-note, the Norwegian broadcasting service, NRK did a pretty crazy stunt filming the whole thing, and airing it on tv: http://nrkbeta.no/2009/12/18/bergensbanen-eng/

aaronbasssett11y ago

I have a complete copy of my production environment running locally in vagrant. I can code and run tests (3rd party APIs are all mocked) without any internet connection. I even have all the docs I could need cached offline in Dash.

The only thing I am missing is a local pypi to cache my commonly used 3rd party apps.

I use my laptop a lot on the go. Trains, Airlines, Pubs, Coffeeshops, and so on. Some places will have Wifi, or others I'll be able to tether. But I don't like to rely on having it to be productive.

phragg11y ago

Keep a copy of your favorite Bootstrap/Foundation.

Have XAMPP running or some local server. Go have a blast.

idomdavis11y ago

Daily, on the train :)

Brandon011y ago

Every time I fly.

skrebbel11y ago

Very nitpicky, but part of the landing page copy says:

> NOW AVAILABLE ON ALL PLATFORMS

Now, I guess readers are willing to forgive Symbian and AmigaOS not being in the list the follows, but if you say "all platforms" you have to at least include Windows Phone.

My issue isn't really with OS support however, and it's perfectly OK to skip not-very-popular platforms. But if you put at least one blatant lie on the front page, you don't give me confidence that it's the only one.

gelatocar11y ago

Not sure if I am missing something but this works in Chrome, which works on windows...

edit: Sorry, the word "phone" was a widow and I missed it.