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Great idea! That means I'm not tied to one computer and I get to use the same IDE everywhere with my personal settings. One thing that bugs me the most is when

• jaaron 18y ago
  for several IDEs the settings can be exported or are even stored in a file that can be synched via subversion or some other revision control. I keep all of my emacs customization files in subversion and can quickly replicate my environment anywhere. As for the suggestion that web IDEs are becoming mainstream, I say: far from it. Most developers haven't even heard of bespin or similar projects. Personally, I'd be surprised if they ever go mainstream.
  • catch23 18y ago
    Plus developers generally have pretty wonky setups that are crazy different from each other. Ever tried doing paired programming at a small dev shop? I couldn't type on anyone's keyboard, everyone had their own key mappings, keyboard layouts, shortcuts etc. Some had shorthand hostnames in their .ssh/config, non-standard terminal settings, crazy scripts in their .bashrc files, different virtual machines for different environments, etc. I'd say it would be impossible to convince a developer that this is the only IDE they can/should use.
• truebosko 18y ago
  In situations like this, it's pretty nice to just put your ~/.vim folder up on some version control and viola, your .vimrc, themes, and plugins all in one place.