The major revolution that came with the iPad is the use of the touch screen.
Giving up the keyboard is one thing; embracing touch input is another. There are a lot of tasks in programming, that could be performed much more effectively with touch gestures than with keyboard and mouse. Typing long sequences of text is definitely not the main task in programming. A lot of work consists of trial and error code analysis, code restructuring and debugging. Maybe the keyboard is not as important as we think.
I'm currently working on a project called "Touched" which pioneers various touch based code editing techniques. Please check out my first introductory video for details:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1-5mpInDjs
Slashdot Mirror
The major revolution that came with the iPad is the use of the touch screen. Giving up the keyboard is one thing; embracing touch input is another. There are a lot of tasks in programming, that could be performed much more effectively with touch gestures than with keyboard and mouse. Typing long sequences of text is definitely not the main task in programming. A lot of work consists of trial and error code analysis, code restructuring and debugging. Maybe the keyboard is not as important as we think. I'm currently working on a project called "Touched" which pioneers various touch based code editing techniques. Please check out my first introductory video for details: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1-5mpInDjs