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Awesome, now we just need VSCode running natively on an iPad with Docker support! Pipe dreams?

chongli 6y ago
Unless they adapt it to run on iOS’s WebKit APIs then it’s unlikely you’ll see VSCode on an iPad. You’ll probably never see Electron apps on iOS because they violate the submission guidelines.
- jagged-chisel 6y ago
  They could bring the pure editor with no extensions to iOS without violating the guidelines. Not entirely useful I suppose...
  - mangofizzy 6y ago
    They cannot. Apple forbids iOS apps that does JIT. V8 cannot run on iOS.
    - oldmanhorton 6y ago
      The editor is a webapp that can run in any browser. It's what powers the new github codespace feature as well as most code editors in the azure portal.
    - kall 6y ago
      Well they could... The frontend can run in webkit as demonstrated by the various online versions of VSCode. There is a functional project to run nodejs on ios via V8 with jit disabled. That's probably a significant performance hit, but then a device like the iPad Pro really has resources to spare.
microcolonel 6y ago
When Apple stops suppressing third-party browser runtimes.
noworriesnate 6y ago
Visual Studio Codespaces (based on VSCode) runs on the iPad: https://twitter.com/notdetails/status/1258070699165585410 https://twitter.com/notdetails/status/1258070699165585410 edit: this tweeter is a GitHub employee, can't remember what their title is.
harpratap 6y ago
I have absolutely no hope for docker support on OSX, let alone iPadOS
- danieldk 6y ago
  I am hoping that WSL/WSL2 makes Windows so attractive for developers, that Apple feels the pressure to either implement Linux syscall emulation or very lightweight VMs like WSL2. (I know that macOS has Hypervisor.framework)
  - harpratap 6y ago
    I don't think it's economically feasible for them to do so. Microsoft invested in WSL because they are trying to lure developers into Azure's cloud ecosystem and Docker + Kubernetes is a big part of it. Apple has no incentive to do, Macbook sales hardly matter to them as evident from their behaviour.
- lukevp 6y ago
  I'm confused about this - I don't use OSX for anything other than Logic, but there's a Docker desktop app for OSX [0] so I assumed it could run docker containers? Is that not true? [0]: https://hub.docker.com/editions/community/docker-ce-desktop-mac https://hub.docker.com/editions/community/docker-ce-desktop-...
  - zerkten 6y ago
    I think the poster may mean performance, or other aspects are problematic. You can definitely use the Docker desktop app for macOS to run docker containers.
  - harpratap 6y ago
    It's running inside a Linux Virtual Machine, so the performance is piss poor. My i7 Macbook pro runs hot 24*7 because of such high usage.
- jagged-chisel 6y ago
  Docker works great on macOS. It builds images, runs containers, and you don't even need the Official Desktop App - brew install docker.
eat_veggies 6y ago
Someone on Reddit claims they successfully ported VSCode to iPad https://www.reddit.com/r/webdev/comments/g7rhtw/i_ported_vscode_to_the_ipad/ https://www.reddit.com/r/webdev/comments/g7rhtw/i_ported_vsc...

Unless they adapt it to run on iOS’s WebKit APIs then it’s unlikely you’ll see VSCode on an iPad. You’ll probably never see Electron apps on iOS because they violate the submission guidelines.

jagged-chisel 6y ago
They could bring the pure editor with no extensions to iOS without violating the guidelines. Not entirely useful I suppose...
- mangofizzy 6y ago
  They cannot. Apple forbids iOS apps that does JIT. V8 cannot run on iOS.
  - oldmanhorton 6y ago
    The editor is a webapp that can run in any browser. It's what powers the new github codespace feature as well as most code editors in the azure portal.
  - kall 6y ago
    Well they could... The frontend can run in webkit as demonstrated by the various online versions of VSCode. There is a functional project to run nodejs on ios via V8 with jit disabled. That's probably a significant performance hit, but then a device like the iPad Pro really has resources to spare.

microcolonel 6y ago

When Apple stops suppressing third-party browser runtimes.

noworriesnate 6y ago

Visual Studio Codespaces (based on VSCode) runs on the iPad: https://twitter.com/notdetails/status/1258070699165585410 https://twitter.com/notdetails/status/1258070699165585410 edit: this tweeter is a GitHub employee, can't remember what their title is.

harpratap 6y ago

I have absolutely no hope for docker support on OSX, let alone iPadOS

danieldk 6y ago
I am hoping that WSL/WSL2 makes Windows so attractive for developers, that Apple feels the pressure to either implement Linux syscall emulation or very lightweight VMs like WSL2. (I know that macOS has Hypervisor.framework)
- harpratap 6y ago
  I don't think it's economically feasible for them to do so. Microsoft invested in WSL because they are trying to lure developers into Azure's cloud ecosystem and Docker + Kubernetes is a big part of it. Apple has no incentive to do, Macbook sales hardly matter to them as evident from their behaviour.
lukevp 6y ago
I'm confused about this - I don't use OSX for anything other than Logic, but there's a Docker desktop app for OSX [0] so I assumed it could run docker containers? Is that not true? [0]: https://hub.docker.com/editions/community/docker-ce-desktop-mac https://hub.docker.com/editions/community/docker-ce-desktop-...
- zerkten 6y ago
  I think the poster may mean performance, or other aspects are problematic. You can definitely use the Docker desktop app for macOS to run docker containers.
- harpratap 6y ago
  It's running inside a Linux Virtual Machine, so the performance is piss poor. My i7 Macbook pro runs hot 24*7 because of such high usage.
jagged-chisel 6y ago
Docker works great on macOS. It builds images, runs containers, and you don't even need the Official Desktop App - brew install docker.

eat_veggies 6y ago

Someone on Reddit claims they successfully ported VSCode to iPad https://www.reddit.com/r/webdev/comments/g7rhtw/i_ported_vscode_to_the_ipad/ https://www.reddit.com/r/webdev/comments/g7rhtw/i_ported_vsc...