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What do you mean? I pick up my Android phone and I've got an app that gives me a python shell, "terminal ide" which includes tons of cli developer tools like a

What do you mean? I pick up my Android phone and I've got an app that gives me a python shell, "terminal ide" which includes tons of cli developer tools like a C compiler and various editors, a full debian install I use for more secure SSH (using real openssh) and development and even some operations on various servers. There are full out Java IDEs on Android that you can install even. So here's just a few ways you can code on Android: QPython: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hipipal.qpyplus&hl=en https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hipipal.qp... AIDE (Java): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.aide.ui&hl=en https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.aide.ui&hl... Terminal IDE: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spartacusrex.spartacuside&hl=en https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spartacusr... If all else fails, just deploy debian with Linux Deploy: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ru.meefik.linuxdeploy&hl=en https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ru.meefik.linu... If desktops become more expensive, it'll just mean people are more motivated to make tools like this. Android phones and tablets are basically treated as cheap commodities and there's an extremely competitive market for them, if anything, the entry price has gone down. Now, admittedly I'm not sure how this situation is on iOS, but maybe someone could link similar tools on there?

gberger 11y ago
Sure, but how productive are you when coding on your phone vs on your desktop?
- ultramancool 11y ago
  There's definitely a productivity hit, but it's also not the kind of thing that isolates people. For the cost of a cheap BT keyboard you can be fairly productive using just a tablet, even a phone maybe. If you have a TV and use casting, a phone could do quite well.
- simonh 11y ago
  The contention wasn't that coding on a phone or tablet isn't productive, it was that you can't do it. I love Pythonista on my iPad, and the latest version makes coding on my phone surprisingly feasible. I wrote a version of snake on my 6+ with my kids.

gberger 11y ago

Sure, but how productive are you when coding on your phone vs on your desktop?

ultramancool 11y ago
There's definitely a productivity hit, but it's also not the kind of thing that isolates people. For the cost of a cheap BT keyboard you can be fairly productive using just a tablet, even a phone maybe. If you have a TV and use casting, a phone could do quite well.
simonh 11y ago
The contention wasn't that coding on a phone or tablet isn't productive, it was that you can't do it. I love Pythonista on my iPad, and the latest version makes coding on my phone surprisingly feasible. I wrote a version of snake on my 6+ with my kids.