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The IDE will move from the desktop to the web, but that's a loooong way off. I recently installed Cloud9 ( http://cloud9ide.com/ http://cloud9ide.com/ and https
by maratd 16y ago
The IDE will move from the desktop to the web, but that's a loooong way off. I recently installed Cloud9 ( http://cloud9ide.com/ http://cloud9ide.com/ and https://github.com/ajaxorg/cloud9 https://github.com/ajaxorg/cloud9 ) and it is by far the most advanced open source web IDE available. Supports multiple languages, syntax highlighting, error detection, etc.
However, as solid a start as it is ... it isn't anywhere close to being acceptable. No advanced editing features such a multiple line indenting, duplication, moving, etc. No code completion. No integrated manuals for languages. Limited shortcuts (since the most basic are mapped to the browser). I can go on, but you get the idea. We're still quite a few years off. All of it is possible, the tech is here, it would just take a massive undertaking ... and most of the resources are being poured into traditional IDEs.
- fierarul 16y ago>it would just take a massive undertaking ... and most of the resources are being poured into traditional IDEs This is a big problem. As a mostly Java developer, the way I see it, none of the major three Java IDEs (Eclipse, NetBeans and IDEA) seem to move this way. Eclipse has announced Orion (http://mmilinkov.wordpress.com/2011/01/11/introducing-orion/ http://mmilinkov.wordpress.com/2011/01/11/introducing-orion/ ) but that's very incipient and I don't think they are putting a lot of weight behind it. Cloud9 seem to 'get' the idea and I do hope they shake things up a bit but although they release the code, I think they are basically a for-profit entity, so I would feel much more confortable if some open-source community/foundation would start building something like this.