<story><title>GitLab Web IDE</title><url>https://about.gitlab.com/2018/06/15/introducing-gitlab-s-integrated-development-environment/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ehsankia</author><text>Honestly I generally don&amp;#x27;t want to do my entire development on a Web IDE, but I do think it&amp;#x27;s very useful for a repo hosting site to have editing tools, as I often find myself wanting to fix something quick away from my setup.&lt;p&gt;Web IDEs in general are a great concept though, mostly because developers generally love having their editor customized the way they like it, and from there, having it in the cloud accessible from any computer is a huge win. That being said, it&amp;#x27;s hard to compete against the plugin model that Sublime&amp;#x2F;Atom&amp;#x2F;VSCode have.</text></item><item><author>zachlatta</author><text>Wow, very cool. Lots of new players in this space: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;repl.it&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;repl.it&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;glitch.me&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;glitch.me&lt;/a&gt;, and now GitLab (and I&amp;#x27;d be surprised if GitHub doesn&amp;#x27;t follow in tow).&lt;p&gt;Cloud9&amp;#x27;s acquisition really left a big hole in the market. AFAIK there&amp;#x27;s still nothing out there that gives you a decent code editor (edit multiple files, have multiple tabs open, etc) that also gives you access to a Linux shell and ability to expose ports like Cloud9 did.&lt;p&gt;Personally I&amp;#x27;m most optimistic for &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;repl.it&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;repl.it&lt;/a&gt;. They already have a core userbase in high school classrooms and have been adding a ton of support for serverside applications to make it more appealing outside of the classroom.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>bartread</author><text>I&amp;#x27;ve heard this a lot since around 2012&amp;#x2F;13 when I first became aware of C9, and even gave it a go. Granted it was and is impressive as a technical achievement, but I really don&amp;#x27;t see the use case at all, other than as something to use as a quick fix embedded by a repo host.&lt;p&gt;My laptop is a tool I use every single day and have with me almost all of the time. I do not need internet connectivity to remain productive, which is a huge boon to me when travelling. An IDE that requires constant, reliable connectivity to work is therefore of little use to me.</text></comment>
<story><title>GitLab Web IDE</title><url>https://about.gitlab.com/2018/06/15/introducing-gitlab-s-integrated-development-environment/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ehsankia</author><text>Honestly I generally don&amp;#x27;t want to do my entire development on a Web IDE, but I do think it&amp;#x27;s very useful for a repo hosting site to have editing tools, as I often find myself wanting to fix something quick away from my setup.&lt;p&gt;Web IDEs in general are a great concept though, mostly because developers generally love having their editor customized the way they like it, and from there, having it in the cloud accessible from any computer is a huge win. That being said, it&amp;#x27;s hard to compete against the plugin model that Sublime&amp;#x2F;Atom&amp;#x2F;VSCode have.</text></item><item><author>zachlatta</author><text>Wow, very cool. Lots of new players in this space: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;repl.it&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;repl.it&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;glitch.me&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;glitch.me&lt;/a&gt;, and now GitLab (and I&amp;#x27;d be surprised if GitHub doesn&amp;#x27;t follow in tow).&lt;p&gt;Cloud9&amp;#x27;s acquisition really left a big hole in the market. AFAIK there&amp;#x27;s still nothing out there that gives you a decent code editor (edit multiple files, have multiple tabs open, etc) that also gives you access to a Linux shell and ability to expose ports like Cloud9 did.&lt;p&gt;Personally I&amp;#x27;m most optimistic for &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;repl.it&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;repl.it&lt;/a&gt;. They already have a core userbase in high school classrooms and have been adding a ton of support for serverside applications to make it more appealing outside of the classroom.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>qaq</author><text>If it works OK from iPad might actually be pretty useful.</text></comment>