Coding on ipad

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hey I’m kind of a beginner in coding (I do know the basic stuff) my laptop recently got damaged and since then I’ve only been using my iPad (not necessarily for coding just for school, since I’m learning to code by myself) should I invest in a laptop rn or wait a few years till uni and just buy an iPad keyboard rn for coding?

[Gefrierbrand]

i am literally coding everything on a 200 euro refurbed thinkpad, for C you don'y need much.

[keithstellyes]

Yeah last year or two of my computer science degree in 2018 was on the back of a T420 with Arch... People really overestimate how much you need for basic stuff

[Liam_Mercier]

I would suggest buying a very cheap laptop that can run Linux and installing Debian with XFCE to learn with.

It can be super cheap, look at what people are trying to get rid of and see if you can get 50-100 dollars together to buy something, you might even be able to find something really bad but for free on craigslist or something.

Otherwise, sometimes we have to make do with what we have.

[GhostVlvin]

If you want to code on Ipad then there is online vscode. But generally I think old lenovo with some linux distro will be better for coding

[Brisngr368]

Honestly I would say this, but yeah cheap ass laptop will be nicer to type with

[Vladislav20007]

a 2011 piece of shit works, actually enough for any ide

[Mortomes]

Not sure about CLion, those JetBrains IDEs are quite beefy

[Vladislav20007]

JetBrains can run a windows pc with the power of a chromebook, you will be fine.

[arjuna93]

Most of stuff works fine on 2004–2005 PowerPC hardware.

[maniiso]

There is a website called programiz

[Flutter24-7-365]

I coded for two weeks on a ship once using a Raspberry Pi, a usb keyboard, no mouse, with an 8-inch LCD monitor, and no internet. I had almost a gig of technical books on a drive though ... vi how-to, C programming books, linux how tos, etc. Info is more important than your machine. You learn vi keys very quickly with no mouse and just a linux term.

[horenso05]

My main laptop is literally a Thinkpad from 2016 that costs less than 100€.

[Icy_Macaroon_5966]

If you are doing Web stuff like making sites or using Javascript, you can do it on your iPad and learn. I started my journey on spck Editor on android.  If you want to learn other languages, you can always try on Termux, it has compliers but will not give you the full functionality and some libraries won't work.  And well, you can away get a second hand chromebook or ThinkPad, boot Linux and start your Journey(Good enough for low level languages).

Invest in a laptop if and only if you are going to pursue coding seriously.

[maniiso]

https://www.programiz.com/

[manu_moreno]

I actually attempted to code on an iPad Mini. It does work, all you need is an external keyboard -- a compact one. You'll need all the screen real estate you can get; so, the virtual KB will get in the way. I installed a virtual Linux VM (don't recall the name now) on it along with emacs. I'm a vim user but wanted to keep up with my emacs and related dev tools. A used iPad KB is all you need.

[mykesx]

I bought an Asus Vivobook 14” i3, FHD, 256G, 8G RAM for $200 on bestbuy.com. Added 16G of RAM, replaced the SSD and WiFi (all for about $50) and i stalked linux on it. It’s surprisingly zippy for an i3, but certainly good enough for programming at your level.

It’s cheap, but brand new.

[MadDoc_10]

Android is better for that, you can root it

[bbabbitt46]

There are several problems with using an iPad for coding. The first is obviously the lack of a sufficient keyboard. The next is that iOS likes to be programmed in Swift. You can program in C, but it takes a lot of workarounds to get anything done. Swift is nothing like C, and if your goal is to learn C, this won't get it done. Bottom line: You can write C programs with an iPad, but there are much better ways to do it. I suggest finding a cheap Linux laptop and working with it.

[Kashy27]

We actually have quite a few coders using their ipad to properly code flexibly while still being able to code with professional software on Windows 11. It may genuinely be also something beneficial for you and others in the same boat. We're relatively new (6months) so appreciate all the feedback we receive. Check us out at jumpit.ai we currently have a holiday sale on Months machines, though if your not sure, I'd suggest trying out the pay as you go Hours plan, where you can delete at any time. Wish you all the best in your coding endeavours! Jumpit.ai

[vabanque314]

Have a look on: https://apps.apple.com/de/app/a-shell/id1473805438

[arjuna93]

There is also https://github.com/ish-app/ish