> Easily develop software, view code or take notes on the go<p>"Develop software", which means writing code without the ability to run them, or the ability to compile multiple files as a "project", like all the other code editors on iOS?<p>I stopped paying attention to these apps because of how App artificially limit what apps can do. Writing Java offline? Good, but you can compile one class at a time, and the possibility of importing another user package is thrown out of the window. This makes it only useful for absolute beginners. There are alternative approaches, e.g. using a web browser, online compilation (which is not too different from web browser) and using a terminal that happens to support JDK. I saw developers literally say "Don't write reviews to complain, we have to follow the rules"<p>Which is sad because these devices as expensive as $1k are very powerful and have all the necessary APIs to make that work, it is only the app store rules that prevent the device from becoming a "real" computer
I appreciate the effort that goes into these products but I find the market position weird.<p>Case in point: by the time I add a keyboard case to my 11" iPad Pro, it weighs more than my MacBook Air does and it's not a lot smaller. I think I should just take the MacBook Air with me. That has the same CPU, storage and memory and I can run full stack on it fine.<p>That is not to denigrate the usefulness of the iPad, which I run a big chunk of my life on, but editing text or code is one place it really doesn't add up.<p>The killer app I find with my iPad is when you need pen input. For drawing, doing route planning in OS maps and general research and note taking it's an amazing little device.
This is so good. Back in undergrad I had a setup with a powerful PC at home running Linux with jupyter notebook running. Then I could connect with my iPad from the university and get all the power. This makes me want to try that setup again!
I do not understand why people can be happy with the artificial software barriers. I'm really happy with my Apple M1 but I'd never use it if I could not run Emacs and free software on it.
The marketing website totally sold me on it, but as soon as I opened the App Store and saw that it's only 3.9 stars I decided I don't really want to pay for it. The only reason I bother to start using apps under 4.1 stars is if I have no choice. 3.9 stars hints that there is a major problem with the app that the developers haven't addressed. Meanwhile, the similar app Textastic has 4.8 stars.
Another option people may want to consider is hosting a version of Code Server[1]. I do this with my iPad Pro and it has been incredibly convenient.<p>I even have it configured so that ports can be routed to via my domain, meaning I can do web development with a local server on port 3000 and view it live at 3000.my.domain.tld.<p>1: <a href="https://github.com/coder/code-server" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/coder/code-server</a>
I wrote a program on the iPhone once using Pythonista. It was a little slower to type but I found it kind of revolutionary.<p>I started writing it on the couch while watching tv, then finished it lying in bed. It was just such a relaxed experience compared to sitting up straight at a desk and forcing myself to write. It’s hard to describe.
Maybe I could code on an iPad Pro, but definitely not an iPhone. The thought of coding on a phone is terrifying, unless you're one of those people who is <i>super good</i> at manipulating text on a phone. I'm not one of those people.
I've been looking for a good code editor for my phone for a very long time already. This looks supernice, but I have an Android smartphone... Can anyone recommend a good IDE that runs on an Android phone?
Looks great, just a comment on the marketing screenshots. There seems to be an awful lot of "wasted" space in the editors. Maybe at least consider showing code that is a bit wider ? ~80 chars? (maybe HTML Code?) I feel like horizontal space is way more important on a 9.7" screen than on a 24" monitor.
On Mac/iOS, Notes is hard to beat honestly. No I can't code in it, but I don't want to code on my phone and on my laptop I have other tools to code in, sorry..