Cloud9 IDE rewrite to be open sourced this week
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Replaced by Cloud9 V3! https:/github.com/c9/core
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This has definitely been my favorite cloud IDE so far. I wonder if they're going to add any of this stuff to the open source component? Last commit was on Nov. 4, 2013, so I…
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| 2011 | 2011-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2012-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2012 | 2012-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 2013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2014 | 2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2015 | 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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Cloud9 IDE
Cloud9 v2 is no longer maintained.
Please check out the Cloud9 v3 SDK here: https://github.com/c9/core/
Read the full README on GitHubWhat Hacker News says
13 sourcesWhich lives on as part of Cloud 9. https://github.com/ajaxorg/cloud9
In Mozilla BrickThis has definitely been my favorite cloud IDE so far. I wonder if they're going to add any of this stuff to the open source component? Last commit was on Nov. 4, 2013, so I hope they haven't stopped that part of it. (https://github.com/ajaxorg/cloud9)
In The new Cloud9 development environmentI was thinking about doing the same thing with cloud9[1], this seems to be a nice alternative.
[1]: https://github.com/ajaxorg/cloud9
In Propose HN: Screenshot SaturdayHow does this compare with Cloud9? https://github.com/ajaxorg/cloud9/
In Show HN: Codebox - Open-source cloud and desktop IDEGoogle Docs + Google Mail + Google Calendar + Google Hangouts
Duet (http://www.duetapp.com/)
Cloud9 IDE (https://github.com/ajaxorg/cloud9/)
Timer Tab (http://www.timer-tab.com/)
Skype
Bitbucket and Github
VirtualBox (running Ubuntu with all the usual stuff)
Photoshop
Notepad++
Calculator
That's pretty much my entire toolbelt.
In Ask HN: Tools you use for remote working?That was my first thought (after looking for existing solutions). REPL and https://github.com/ajaxorg/cloud9 for bonus points.
Also: http://www.oocities.org/connorbd/tarpit/bancstar.html
In The Worst Programming Environment in the World?Cloud9 IDE?
https://github.com/ajaxorg/cloud9/
In Show HN: Goodbye Old Editor – Reinventing coding with the cloudThanks for the kind words! We try really hard to make the concept of an online IDE move beyond just editing and saving files in a browser.
Best of all, unlike ST2, we're open source: https://github.com/ajaxorg/cloud9
In The Best Way to Help ProgrammersReally? Last time I tried it, it was a git clone and executing one, maybe two commands. I've seen very early unix beginners get it running quickly...
sudo apt-get install libssl0.9.8
git clone https://github.com/ajaxorg/cloud9.git cloud9
./cloud9/bin/cloud9.sh
(roughly) Yep, just tried in a clear dir, it's up and running with that alone.
In Vim on Cloud9 IDEThe IDE will move from the desktop to the web, but that's a loooong way off. I recently installed Cloud9 ( http://cloud9ide.com/ and https://github.com/ajaxorg/cloud9 ) and it is by far the most advanced open source web IDE available. Supports multiple languages, syntax highlighting, error detection, etc.
However, as solid a start as it is ... it isn't anywhere close to being acceptable. No advanced editing features such a multiple line indenting, duplication, moving, etc. No code completion. No integrated manuals for languages. Limited shortcuts (since the most basic are mapped to the browser). I can go on, but you get the idea. We're still quite a few years off. All of it is possible, the tech is here, it would just take a massive undertaking ... and most of the resources are being poured into traditional IDEs.
In The IDE must move onto the serverhere it is: http://github.com/ajaxorg/cloud9
In Cloud9 IDE - Your code anytime, anywhereThe site (awesomely) says that most of the code powering it is openly available on Github (https://github.com/ajaxorg/cloud9) - out of interest, which parts have you developed separately for your service?
In Cloud9 IDE - Your code anytime, anywhere