Do you code on an iPad? Why or why not? If you do, what code editor do you use?
I don’t have a laptop I usually code on my desktop, but I work from home so I get tired of sitting in the same place for so long. I’ve been doing it on my iPad and it seems to be doable!
I tried a few free apps for ipadOS. Some were okay, some were not. I’m willing to pay but I don’t want to spend money randomly on apps I don’t like.
CodeSpaces on GitHub seems to be the best option so far, but it’s a pay as you go structure and not a singular cost.
I liked the UI of Runestone, but many critical features are locked behind a paywall.
Replit seemed decent too but it seems very cloud focused and I already use GitHub.
Koder* seems like it has the most free access features but UI wasn’t intuitive and I couldn’t figure out how to type in a file if I switched pages and came back to my original file.
I hear Textastic is pretty good but side it’s paid with no trial period, I didn’t try it yet. I wanted to get some feedback before I started paying for anything.
Let me know what you use. Share your tips with Lemmy!
Have you looked into Remote Tunnels?
You can control your Desktop VSCode remotely from an iPad browser. You’ll still likely need a keyboard and a trackpad or mouse will help a lot, but that’s basically the same situation as CodeSpaces.
Thanks! I hadn’t looked into this, but I think this would work, especially since mostly, I just want to write code from my living room or outside and not sit at my desk all day.
I have a keyboard attachment for my iPad so this would probably work perfectly.