Web-based IDEs Edge Closer To the Mainstream

snitch writes "Last week Mozilla released Bespin, their web-based framework for code editing, and only a few days later Boris Bokowski and Simon Kaegi implemented an Eclipse-based Bespin server using headless Eclipse plug-ins. With the presentation of the web-based Eclipse workbench at EclipseCon and the release of products like Heroku, a web-based IDE and hosting environment for RoR apps, it seems that web-based IDEs might soon become mainstream."

Comments

WTF is it with undescribed acronyms?

[mcgrew]

When I hear "IDE" I think of a type of hard drive (Integrated Drive Electronics).

IDE may refer to:

Insulin degrading enzyme, an enzyme
Intact dilation and extraction, a form of abortion
Integrated development environment, a software development system
Integrated Drive Electronics (AT Attachment), a computer hardware bus used primarily for hard drives and optical drives (e.g. CD, DVD)
Institute of Developing Economies, a semi-governmental think tank in Japan
Instituto de Desenvolvimento Educacional, a Brazilian institution linked with Fundação Getúlio Vargas
International Development Enterprises, a development NGO based in Denver, Colorado
Investigational Device Exemption, a US Food and Drug Administration regulatory status
Ide may refer to:

Ide (fish), a freshwater fish
Ide, Devon, a village to the south of Exeter, in Devon, England
Ide, Kyoto, a town in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Charlie Ide, English footballer
William B. Ide, author of the California Republic's proclamation of independence from Mexico, June 15, 1846
Yuji Ide, Japanese racing driver
The KGB's codename for Samuel Krafsur

Re:WTF is it with undescribed acronyms?

[AKAImBatman]

1. You're being ridiculously over critical. Does "Web-based Integrated Drive Electronics" make sense? No? How about "Web-based Insulin degrading enzyme"? Pretty silly, huh? Maybe, just maybe the context tells you what you need to know?

2. FTFS: "their web-based framework for code editing" I think that explains the usage of the acronym pretty well. If you're on Slashdot and you don't know what the three letters "IDE" stand for in that context, then you need to hand in your geek card and GTFO my lawn. Especially if you're an old timer, old timer.

(Bah! Back in my day we called our IDEs "CANDE" and we LIKED IT that way! We also threw glowing discs at the MCP right up until management put a stop to our shenanigans. Much more fun than the arduous task of flipping switches on the front of the mainframe. Not to mention that OUR permanent storage could capsize a naval warship if left unbalanced!)

Re:Potential for Netbooks

[3dr]

Hmm, I don't know. I see where you're coming from, but how is this more liberating that having a slightly more capable laptop that has a local set of dev tools? This is the camp I'm in. All the limitations of being tethered (by wire or wi-fi) are gone. I don't see how being tied down is liberating.

I recently upgraded to a smaller laptop (uni macbook) for its smaller footprint and better graphics, and for me, this is a near-ideal mobile dev machine. A local subversion repository that is periodically mirrored to my home server stores everything. The weak point is battery life at <5hrs.

Battery tech and power management are both improving (and will continue to improve) and I think for mobile hackers the netbooks will lose any advantage.