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Can I use it online? That would be the killer feature for me, being able to code on anyone's computer in a second. Currently it's basically the only thing stopp

Can I use it online? That would be the killer feature for me, being able to code on anyone's computer in a second. Currently it's basically the only thing stopping me from being able to pick up anyone's computer and use it as I use my own.

mmanfrin 13y ago
I believe that's the point -- it's web based.
- teraflop 13y ago
  Nope: "Atom is a desktop application based on web technologies." So it's using node.js internally, but it's not actually a webapp.
  - bsimpson 13y ago
    Brackets does the same, which is frustrating as platforms like FirefoxOS and ChromeOS emerge. It'd be nice to see the backend be a drop-in replaceable API so it works just as well hosted in a browser/on a Chromebook/in a NodeJS process.
    - ytpete 13y ago
      Fyi, the Brackets file IO layer is indeed drop-in replaceable: https://github.com/adobe/brackets/wiki/File-System-Implementations https://github.com/adobe/brackets/wiki/File-System-Implement.... The core team only maintains the standard desktop file IO backend, but others can be swapped in. That's only one piece of making an editor run in-browser and cross-browser of course, but it's an important piece. Also -- there are actually a couple ChromeOS ports of Brackets out there already (such as Tailor - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/tailor/mfakmogheanjhlgjhpijkhdjegllgenf https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/tailor/mfakmoghean...), but I'm nto sure if any of them are being actively maintained.
igul222 13y ago
Guessing no, because of the Node.js plugin architecture ("need to call into C or C++?", "full access to the filesystem"). Really only the UI seems to be done in WebKit.
- rsamvit 13y ago
  From a quick glance it looks like its architected the same as Light Table (Local node server that accesses the file system and a decoupled UI that connects over http and uses WebKit). If it works like that it could run in the browser. Not so easily from anywhere though
wetmore 13y ago
Try Codio: https://codio.com/ https://codio.com/
- nicklovescode 13y ago
  Tried it a month or so ago. Couldn't get Vim keybindings working well. Hands don't work without it anymore :/
bjeanes 13y ago
Nitrous.io is pretty decent...

mmanfrin 13y ago

I believe that's the point -- it's web based.

teraflop 13y ago
Nope: "Atom is a desktop application based on web technologies." So it's using node.js internally, but it's not actually a webapp.
- bsimpson 13y ago
  Brackets does the same, which is frustrating as platforms like FirefoxOS and ChromeOS emerge. It'd be nice to see the backend be a drop-in replaceable API so it works just as well hosted in a browser/on a Chromebook/in a NodeJS process.
  - ytpete 13y ago
    Fyi, the Brackets file IO layer is indeed drop-in replaceable: https://github.com/adobe/brackets/wiki/File-System-Implementations https://github.com/adobe/brackets/wiki/File-System-Implement.... The core team only maintains the standard desktop file IO backend, but others can be swapped in. That's only one piece of making an editor run in-browser and cross-browser of course, but it's an important piece. Also -- there are actually a couple ChromeOS ports of Brackets out there already (such as Tailor - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/tailor/mfakmogheanjhlgjhpijkhdjegllgenf https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/tailor/mfakmoghean...), but I'm nto sure if any of them are being actively maintained.

igul222 13y ago

Guessing no, because of the Node.js plugin architecture ("need to call into C or C++?", "full access to the filesystem"). Really only the UI seems to be done in WebKit.

rsamvit 13y ago
From a quick glance it looks like its architected the same as Light Table (Local node server that accesses the file system and a decoupled UI that connects over http and uses WebKit). If it works like that it could run in the browser. Not so easily from anywhere though

wetmore 13y ago

Try Codio: https://codio.com/ https://codio.com/

nicklovescode 13y ago
Tried it a month or so ago. Couldn't get Vim keybindings working well. Hands don't work without it anymore :/

bjeanes 13y ago

Nitrous.io is pretty decent...