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It looks slick but it asks you to sign up before you can try it. For me this is immediately offputting and I won't be bothering. All I wanted was to play with i

by reducer 12y ago

It looks slick but it asks you to sign up before you can try it. For me this is immediately offputting and I won't be bothering. All I wanted was to play with it a little bit. I'm especially interested in Javascript autocompletion but from docs it seems comprehensive autocomplete is coming in the future [1]. [1] https://codio.com/s/docs/ide/autocomplete/ https://codio.com/s/docs/ide/autocomplete/

__xtrimsky 12y ago
agreed, I just decided not to try it because of the sign up. I don't trust enough the company yet to just send some of my github details. And then I'm just not ready to pay for an IDE, I work mostly from my home office, I don't actually need to pay for an IDE, Netbeans works perfectly.
- knodi123 12y ago
  > Netbeans works perfectly That's an interesting point. As impressed as I am with codio's technology, I'm wondering what the use-case is. People who need to do lots of dev, but on a different laptop every day? Maybe developers who aren't allowed to go through a US border check with a company laptop? (although such developers would be unlikely to trust a cloud IDE, at that point...) Weird.
  - joelmoss 12y ago
    There are a lot of advantages to coding in your browser. You mentioned just one of them. But primarily it means you have no stack to install and configure, as Codio Boxes provide all that for you. Also, you will find that server development is much faster, as the connection between Codio Boxes and the internet is much faster than that of your desktop. Other advantages include collaboration, teaching/learning, and of course no need to install or keep anything updated on your desktop - other than your browser of course.
KhalPanda 12y ago
I was also nearly put off, but thought I'd give it the benefit of the doubt. You're dumped straight into the IDE after the form - no email validation or anything, which is something I guess...!
euphemize 12y ago
Also agreed here. I find it really misleading that the "try now" button is in fact "sign up" which needs to include my "real name"? No thanks. I find it interesting that companies still try to pull this stuff off even after discussions like yesterday's on here about LinkedIn's dark patterns usage habits.

by reducer 12y ago

__xtrimsky 12y ago

agreed, I just decided not to try it because of the sign up. I don't trust enough the company yet to just send some of my github details. And then I'm just not ready to pay for an IDE, I work mostly from my home office, I don't actually need to pay for an IDE, Netbeans works perfectly.

knodi123 12y ago
> Netbeans works perfectly That's an interesting point. As impressed as I am with codio's technology, I'm wondering what the use-case is. People who need to do lots of dev, but on a different laptop every day? Maybe developers who aren't allowed to go through a US border check with a company laptop? (although such developers would be unlikely to trust a cloud IDE, at that point...) Weird.
- joelmoss 12y ago
  There are a lot of advantages to coding in your browser. You mentioned just one of them. But primarily it means you have no stack to install and configure, as Codio Boxes provide all that for you. Also, you will find that server development is much faster, as the connection between Codio Boxes and the internet is much faster than that of your desktop. Other advantages include collaboration, teaching/learning, and of course no need to install or keep anything updated on your desktop - other than your browser of course.

KhalPanda 12y ago

I was also nearly put off, but thought I'd give it the benefit of the doubt. You're dumped straight into the IDE after the form - no email validation or anything, which is something I guess...!

euphemize 12y ago

Also agreed here. I find it really misleading that the "try now" button is in fact "sign up" which needs to include my "real name"? No thanks. I find it interesting that companies still try to pull this stuff off even after discussions like yesterday's on here about LinkedIn's dark patterns usage habits.