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I think this is a neat idea to capture all those PHP refugees who saw the outdated "Make a Rails Blog in 15 minutes". This may well be the start a whole bunch

by qaexl 19y ago

I think this is a neat idea to capture all those PHP refugees who saw the outdated "Make a Rails Blog in 15 minutes". This may well be the start a whole bunch of Rails applets. ... it's just that I hate writing code in the browser. No vi shortcut keys. Plus all those other little tools I've accumulated in the past couple years.

pc 19y ago
You don't have to use a browser to write the code.
- qaexl 19y ago
  If I don't use the browser, I might as well use the rest of the development suite on the laptop. If I don't use their editor, I assume I'd have to upload the files somehow. The whole reason I'm using git now intsead of Subversion is because I cannot guarantee my internet connectivity. And I hate to admit it, any little interruption like that often serves as an excuse to not work on code. If I use their import functionality to update the app, I can do it quicker by typing 'cap deploy' on the command line. Don't get me wrong -- I think this is a pretty neat idea, particularly for folks who don't have much time or money invested in their own equipment. With the Facebook and Google social APIs out, I can see this as the preferred tool for sketching out an idea, and getting some users. But for someone like me who has the infrastructure setup already, it would have to be insanely better than pounding away at my laptop, using my own version control system, the various versions of Rails I can use it with, running tests, the occasional need for BackgroundRB apps. Yeah, it does make me feel as if I weren't keeping up with the times, but then again, I have a hobby of finding gems in obscure ruins of antiquity.
imsteve 19y ago
There is a way to use your favorite editor through the browser: ajaxterm + emacs
- qaexl 19y ago
  I guess that would be ajaxterm + vi for me. Cool. If it is anything like the Slicehost console though, the latency on it drives me nuts.

by qaexl 19y ago

pc 19y ago

You don't have to use a browser to write the code.

qaexl 19y ago
If I don't use the browser, I might as well use the rest of the development suite on the laptop. If I don't use their editor, I assume I'd have to upload the files somehow. The whole reason I'm using git now intsead of Subversion is because I cannot guarantee my internet connectivity. And I hate to admit it, any little interruption like that often serves as an excuse to not work on code. If I use their import functionality to update the app, I can do it quicker by typing 'cap deploy' on the command line. Don't get me wrong -- I think this is a pretty neat idea, particularly for folks who don't have much time or money invested in their own equipment. With the Facebook and Google social APIs out, I can see this as the preferred tool for sketching out an idea, and getting some users. But for someone like me who has the infrastructure setup already, it would have to be insanely better than pounding away at my laptop, using my own version control system, the various versions of Rails I can use it with, running tests, the occasional need for BackgroundRB apps. Yeah, it does make me feel as if I weren't keeping up with the times, but then again, I have a hobby of finding gems in obscure ruins of antiquity.

imsteve 19y ago

There is a way to use your favorite editor through the browser: ajaxterm + emacs

qaexl 19y ago
I guess that would be ajaxterm + vi for me. Cool. If it is anything like the Slicehost console though, the latency on it drives me nuts.