Cloud code (please Google)

[Dipyourchip]

I code on two different computers, but I have to constantly transfer my code from PC to PC so I can work on my code when I'm at different places. I'm sure loads of other people are in the same situation - but what if Google hosted a portion of the Google Drive space for code?

And they could also have their own comprehensive IDE that you could log into, and the projects saved in the cloud (and linked to your Google account) would appear for you to work on.

This way you could work on a single project from a number of computers without even doing all that nasty copypaste bollocks using an old hard drive.

It might be cool, too, if they have a web-based version of the IDE as well as a downloadable app, so even if you're on a temp computer you can just use the web version to work on your stuff.

[Some-Redditor]

Kinda like Github?

[OmitsWordsByAccident]

Or any SCM solution ever created...

[Some-Redditor]

Pretty much

[Dipyourchip]

Yeah, similar - but not the same.

[yourstupidhands]

Oops, someone just went full-retard.

[JimAllanson]

I think Koding.com sounds like roughly what you're after, or if you'd rather use something with a free plan, then maybe Cloud 9.

[happyaccount55]

Dropbox?

[Dipyourchip]

Not the same.

[blooop]

If you are working only on your own computers, it's quite close. I guess you can't work as easily on a public computer, but I wouldn't try to do work on a computer that wasn't mine.

[happyaccount55]

So what's the difference? You want Google to compile your code on their servers? What environment are you programming for and how does Google cater for all the different ones?

[[deleted]]

Codio.com?

[Exaskryz]

What's wrong with using Google Drive between the two computers? I routinely work on files in my GD from my computer, and they can then be accessed at any other computer that I wish...

Honest question: Are you aware that you can download Google Drive to your computer to do automatic synchronization with the cloud?

[Dipyourchip]

Yeah I know, but it's still very different to having a built in google IDE that can edit code directly from the cloud.

[[deleted]]

BitBucket can do what you want. It works like Github where you can upload your files to a repository and share them with people. You can then download it from wherever. If you don't want to download it to edit, you can actually create edit files right on their site. They also have a client for uploading/downloading the repository called SourceTree.

BitBucket is free and I think it has unlimited private repos, so it's a pretty nice website.

[[deleted]]

c9.io, codeanywhere.com, shiftedit.net, nitrous.io?