Lightbox, VSCode, or an •XCode Light” is needed. Anything else to me is just a terminal app. Code editing, highlighting, syntax checking, and a compiler. The

Lightbox, VSCode, or an •XCode Light” is needed. Anything else to me is just a terminal app. Code editing, highlighting, syntax checking, and a compiler. The iPad is pretty damn powerful, but Apple just won’t let it off the leash. I bought the gen 2 pro in 2017, and while it’s a fantastic iPad, it sucks for doing work. I should have just gotten a Mac laptop. And that disappointment is completely due to software - the hardware is fantastic.