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I wonder if it's usable from an iPad. I haven't tried an online ide before, but if it works well it could be a great mobile development tool. It would be aweso

I wonder if it's usable from an iPad. I haven't tried an online ide before, but if it works well it could be a great mobile development tool. It would be awesome if this could be setup as a backend for vim as well. Given how well Coc.vim integrates with VSCode tooling, I'm cautiously optimistic.

sbarre 6y ago
I've been self-hosting VS Code Server ( https://github.com/cdr/code-server https://github.com/cdr/code-server ) and using it from Chrome on my iPad with a keyboard and mouse when I'm on the road.. If this is the same or similar approach, then it should work just fine. If the pricing for Codespaces is reasonable, I'm going to move to that for sure. It's been kind of a hassle to keep my self-hosted setup running properly.
- ta17711771 6y ago
  Can you share what issues you've had? Been looking at this.
dawson 6y ago
This tweet from GitHub's lead designer would suggest so! https://twitter.com/notdetails/status/1258070699165585410 https://twitter.com/notdetails/status/1258070699165585410 ... also this tweet from another GitHub product designer https://twitter.com/mschoening/status/1258069269260038144 https://twitter.com/mschoening/status/1258069269260038144
- design 6y ago
  Hey, the first tweet is mine. Codespaces work pretty great on an iPad. We're going to be making improvements to the experience here as we get to GA but we know it's a scenario everyone is really excited about.
  - alberth 6y ago
    Is the screenshot of Codedpaces from your iPad or macOS? Because that looks a lot like safari on macOS. https://mobile.twitter.com/notdetails/status/1258070699165585410 https://mobile.twitter.com/notdetails/status/125807069916558...
    - design 6y ago
      It's a mockup in macOS safari, but I'll tweet a video of it running on my iPad at some point
mcolyer 6y ago
That's correct it's usable from an iPad during the beta. There are a few known issues but we're planning on addressing those so that we can support this workflow (I work as the product lead on Codespaces).
- dmacewen 6y ago
  Wow, great to hear!
- saagarjha 6y ago
  Does it work with the software keyboard? I seem to recall Monaco not really supporting mobile.
  - mcolyer 6y ago
    I haven't specifically tried it, but I think it would be challenging given how much screen real estate the keyboard takes.
- dvtrn 6y ago
  Super excited to hear this, I had the exact same question reading the page. Any chance you'd be willing to slip us a peak on when we could reasonably (even a Qx ballpark) on when Beta begins?
  - mcolyer 6y ago
    The beta signup list is available today https://github.com/features/codespaces https://github.com/features/codespaces and we'll add people in the order they sign up.
- _ph_ 6y ago
  Seems you are about to finally turn the iPad into a good development device :)
- The_rationalist 6y ago
  What about Android tablets?
michaelmior 6y ago
What do you mean by "a backend for vim"? I use vim almost exclusively for coding but I'm not really sure what you mean here.
- dmacewen 6y ago
  Backend may have been the wrong word, but they mention being able to connect to your codespace from VSCode running on your computer. It would be cool if you could connect to your codespace from vim running on your computer in the same way.
  - mr_toad 6y ago
    Vim can connect to anything that runs sshd. https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/202918/how-do-i-remotely-edit-files-via-ssh https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/202918/how-do-i-rem...

sbarre 6y ago

I've been self-hosting VS Code Server ( https://github.com/cdr/code-server https://github.com/cdr/code-server ) and using it from Chrome on my iPad with a keyboard and mouse when I'm on the road.. If this is the same or similar approach, then it should work just fine. If the pricing for Codespaces is reasonable, I'm going to move to that for sure. It's been kind of a hassle to keep my self-hosted setup running properly.

ta17711771 6y ago
Can you share what issues you've had? Been looking at this.

dawson 6y ago

This tweet from GitHub's lead designer would suggest so! https://twitter.com/notdetails/status/1258070699165585410 https://twitter.com/notdetails/status/1258070699165585410 ... also this tweet from another GitHub product designer https://twitter.com/mschoening/status/1258069269260038144 https://twitter.com/mschoening/status/1258069269260038144

design 6y ago
Hey, the first tweet is mine. Codespaces work pretty great on an iPad. We're going to be making improvements to the experience here as we get to GA but we know it's a scenario everyone is really excited about.
- alberth 6y ago
  Is the screenshot of Codedpaces from your iPad or macOS? Because that looks a lot like safari on macOS. https://mobile.twitter.com/notdetails/status/1258070699165585410 https://mobile.twitter.com/notdetails/status/125807069916558...
  - design 6y ago
    It's a mockup in macOS safari, but I'll tweet a video of it running on my iPad at some point

mcolyer 6y ago

That's correct it's usable from an iPad during the beta. There are a few known issues but we're planning on addressing those so that we can support this workflow (I work as the product lead on Codespaces).

dmacewen 6y ago
Wow, great to hear!
saagarjha 6y ago
Does it work with the software keyboard? I seem to recall Monaco not really supporting mobile.
- mcolyer 6y ago
  I haven't specifically tried it, but I think it would be challenging given how much screen real estate the keyboard takes.
dvtrn 6y ago
Super excited to hear this, I had the exact same question reading the page. Any chance you'd be willing to slip us a peak on when we could reasonably (even a Qx ballpark) on when Beta begins?
- mcolyer 6y ago
  The beta signup list is available today https://github.com/features/codespaces https://github.com/features/codespaces and we'll add people in the order they sign up.
_ph_ 6y ago
Seems you are about to finally turn the iPad into a good development device :)
The_rationalist 6y ago
What about Android tablets?

michaelmior 6y ago

What do you mean by "a backend for vim"? I use vim almost exclusively for coding but I'm not really sure what you mean here.

dmacewen 6y ago
Backend may have been the wrong word, but they mention being able to connect to your codespace from VSCode running on your computer. It would be cool if you could connect to your codespace from vim running on your computer in the same way.
- mr_toad 6y ago
  Vim can connect to anything that runs sshd. https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/202918/how-do-i-remotely-edit-files-via-ssh https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/202918/how-do-i-rem...