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Discussion on: Why online coding is the future ✅

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Cameron Thompson

How about editors for mobile devices? I know it’s not practical to code on an iPhone, for example. However, when an idea comes to mind, it would be great to work on it “on the go”. Thoughts?

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Christian Siemoneit

I share this vision and the step from cloud to mobile devices is a very small step. With Codesphere coding on your iPad will be fantastic, iPhone at the beginning not very beautiful but at some point also a great experience. This is another advantage of a browser / cloud-based solution.

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Lud

I doubt that you will have great ideas for specific lines of code on the go. If I have a really cool idea (code related) on the go, then that is always just a concept or an idea, never specific lines of code --which I record as an audio message or I write a message to myself.
Is this an "it sounds great in my imagination" idea, or do you have actual data that shows, that people would actually use coding on a phone?

I remember having a code editor and even an SSH client on my phone years ago --I never (!) used it for real.

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Elias Groll • Edited

We optimize for tablet's, laptops etc. first - BUT we also love to review, double check, and minifix things on the go. Why not :)

Personally, especially with these foldable phones and 5G, I dream of this already for a long time :D

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Christian Siemoneit

I get your point and don't see real, complex coding on an iphone. I give you that. But 2 points: First it has a value for many developers to have at least access to their full code on a phone and there is room for improvement from the code editor you have had years ago. Secondly a tablet is also a mobile device and it can be very convenient for 'remote' coding. Speaking about mobile devices we should not focus on phones first, don't you think?

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Lud

I admit, coding on a tablet sounds interesting. My phone would be too small for me, to even see enough though.

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Roman Frolov

Oh yeah, absolutely. Leaving some notes and comments or may be even drafting some algorithms would be great on an iPhone. I think it's also great for code review and collaboration, e.g. when someone asks you to check out their uncommitted code.