Now that there’s the “cloud mania”, there are dozens of websites that allow to code online without install any program on the local computer. That’s perfect for who, like me, uses 2 computers at work, 2 computers at home, and often uses someone else’s computer: the problem is that my free time is limited, but if I don’t have all the tools set up as I need, I can’t develop or continue a project.
In this way I could write something during lunch time break at work, continue it in my train commute, finishing at home.
The most promising online developing environments (cloud IDE) that I found are:
- https://codeanywhere.com
- https://c9.io
- https://koding.com
- https://compilr.com
- https://www.nitrous.io/
- https://codenvy.com/
- https://codio.com/
For me, the most important feature is native GIT support. It looks like that all those seven webapps have this feature.
First of all, I will try codeanywhere, because it looks like it’s the only one with an Android app, so, maybe, I can use it from my BlackBerry Z10.
Another “feature” is the price, because almost all my project aren’t generating profits, so I can’t pay big subscription fees. This is the reason I won’t even try Codio, because, if you don’t pay, after 30 days the workspaces become public.
Soon I will publish a review for Codeanywhere 😀