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Web-based IDEs Edge Closer To the Mainstream

Posted by timothy on from the hope-your-connection-is-reliable dept.

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."

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  1. Re:Potential for Netbooks by 3dr · · Score: 1, Troll

    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.