You can use ssh-client for iPad, and then vi/emacs :) On 08.04.2012, at 11:03, Ryan Schmidt <google-2...@ryandesign.com> wrote:
> I currently write code using a plain text editor (TextWrangler) on a > 5-year-old MacBook Pro. As I ponder eventual upgrades to this configuration, > I wonder if anybody has had any experience with developing Node.js web sites > on an iPad. I don't have an iPad because for so many tasks I do, I couldn't > imagine how to do them on an iPad. So I'm trying to imagine whether > developing a modern web app is something one could do on an iPad. > > Forget manipulation of graphics and other assets for a moment. Let's talk > about code. An IDE should have syntax highlighting for JavaScript, JSON, > Jade, HTML, CSS, other common formats. Various predefined color schemes that > are usable. Easier ways to type common punctuation than the default iOS > onscreen keyboard affords, for when an external keyboard is not available. > Code completion perhaps. The ability to see and access all files in the > project. Tabs or other interface mechanism for keeping a few files close by. > Presumably the files would have to be on an external server running node.js > to actually be used and tested, so such an IDE should have a way of > exchanging files with such a server. Perhaps even a built-in ssh client or a > means of interacting with a revision control system. Perhaps a built-in web > preview. > > Does anything like this exist? A quick search pointed out Textastic, Gusto, > CodeToGo, PadEdit... I don't know how well any of them meet the above list of > criteria. Has anybody used these or other apps on an iPad hoping to use them > for node.js development? Hearing about your experiences, whether positive or > negative, would be helpful. Thanks. > > > -- > Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ > Posting guidelines: > https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "nodejs" group. > To post to this group, send email to nodejs@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to nodejs@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en
