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So I guess we don't quite know yet. Will be interesting to see how he implements it! I just can't see myself using something browser-based as an ide but I suppo

by moondev 15y ago

So I guess we don't quite know yet. Will be interesting to see how he implements it! I just can't see myself using something browser-based as an ide but I suppose if it runs in an embedded "webview" that could be best of both worlds.

dagw 15y ago
The FAQ on the kickstarter page says: "While it is browser-based, it will packaged in a webview of some kind so that it feels like a normal app."
- AshMokhberi 15y ago
  I really hope they decide to move away from a browser based solution. I have personally toyed with the idea of making a web based IDE for front-end development, and had came across so many issues in my "experiments" that I decided it wasn't worth it. Lets talk about editors.. CodeMirror/Ace as an editor. While both Code Mirror and Ace ( A spin off from Mozilla's Bespin editor ) Have done a very good job, as Marijn Haverbeke ( Code Mirror author ) puts it, of "In-browser code editing made bearable". Neither are smooth / fluid / responsive enough for every/all day coding. If you read http://codemirror.net/doc/internals.html http://codemirror.net/doc/internals.html You will get a good sense of why the browser is a very harsh environment for a code editor to adapt to. Alternatively you can have a play with any one of the tools, that use Code Mirror and Ace. Try to use them for an extended period of time and you will see what I mean. http://jsbin.com ( Code Mirror ) http://c9.io ( Ace Editor ) I love the concept, and I'm going to be making a donation either way. I just hope that they move away from the idea of a browser based editor. Before investing a huge amount of time and energy into it, and end up with an inferior product, largely attributed to the platform it's running on. As a front-end developer, I'm all for making as much as I can browser based / cross platform, and pushing the limits of the browser. But from personal experience the browser isn't the place to be writing the code to do it.
  - jmitcheson 15y ago
    IMO it's a shame they stopped development on Bespin. It felt so smooth and fluid to code on because it used canvas. You totally forgot you were coding in a browser. Ace is great but it just doesn't feel the same eh.

by moondev 15y ago

dagw 15y ago

The FAQ on the kickstarter page says: "While it is browser-based, it will packaged in a webview of some kind so that it feels like a normal app."

AshMokhberi 15y ago
I really hope they decide to move away from a browser based solution. I have personally toyed with the idea of making a web based IDE for front-end development, and had came across so many issues in my "experiments" that I decided it wasn't worth it. Lets talk about editors.. CodeMirror/Ace as an editor. While both Code Mirror and Ace ( A spin off from Mozilla's Bespin editor ) Have done a very good job, as Marijn Haverbeke ( Code Mirror author ) puts it, of "In-browser code editing made bearable". Neither are smooth / fluid / responsive enough for every/all day coding. If you read http://codemirror.net/doc/internals.html http://codemirror.net/doc/internals.html You will get a good sense of why the browser is a very harsh environment for a code editor to adapt to. Alternatively you can have a play with any one of the tools, that use Code Mirror and Ace. Try to use them for an extended period of time and you will see what I mean. http://jsbin.com ( Code Mirror ) http://c9.io ( Ace Editor ) I love the concept, and I'm going to be making a donation either way. I just hope that they move away from the idea of a browser based editor. Before investing a huge amount of time and energy into it, and end up with an inferior product, largely attributed to the platform it's running on. As a front-end developer, I'm all for making as much as I can browser based / cross platform, and pushing the limits of the browser. But from personal experience the browser isn't the place to be writing the code to do it.
- jmitcheson 15y ago
  IMO it's a shame they stopped development on Bespin. It felt so smooth and fluid to code on because it used canvas. You totally forgot you were coding in a browser. Ace is great but it just doesn't feel the same eh.