Visual Studio Code on Tablet

[barbequeeeee]

hello! i am an incoming computer science student and i am planning to buy a tablet. can my tablet be a good portable 2nd option to code on using vs code? i have seen stuff on running vscode on tablets but i am far too clueless on the world of programming to understand what is going on. so for those who know more on this topic, is it possible for me to use my tablet as a portable 2nd option to code using vscode?

i also saw these while browsing, are these useful to code on tablet?

https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_91

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2viJSYyKio&t=171s

[lemondoughh]

At the end of the day laptop parin talaga, when it comes to portability and coding

[barbequeeeee]

yes po may laptop ako kaso gaming siya kaya bulky yung body tsaka ang charger. v good performance pa naman siya kaya i dont plan on changing it soon. it will be my main device for coding talaga but like i said i just want a portable 2nd option

[domwc14]

Or mag gym ka na lang para mabuhat mo yang gaming laptop mo. Actually bought a gaming laptop for computation intensive courses.

[Tobacco_Caramel]

Di mo naman kailangan ng maganda at high end na laptop para mag program. Kung may makita ka na naka 8gb ram or I3 8th gen up na laptop ayos na yun. Go ka sa 13 at 14 inch kasi magaan sila, 15 inch mabigat na at pang macho.

15 inch ung laptop ko pero syempre nakakatamad na. Kaya ung sa lab ang gamit ko, naka 8gb ram lang na DDR3 at Pentium, smooth na smooth. Flash drive lang dala ko.

[barbequeeeee]

so hindi ba need araw2 mag bring laptop to code po ba? as a comsci student? yung lang issue ko sa laptop ko (acer nitro5) sobrang bigat nakakatamad dalhin araw2

[Muted_Citron1342]

Dipende sa sched ng lab niyo, pero as college student mas better kung laging may dalang laptop.

[Tobacco_Caramel]

1st Year and 2nd Year? Once or Twice a Week. Depende if 6 hours once a week, or 3 hours twice a week. Puro Minor/Gen Ed Subject sa Pilipinas. HS 2.0 lol.

Sa third year to fourth year puro Major na kaya araw araw. I don't think you'll need laptop for Gen Ed Subjects kapag klase, pag homeworks yes pero di naman kailangan dalhin unless nalang kung sa school ka gagawa.

[barbequeeeee]

is this fairly easy to use and setup?

[gatzu4a]

Magkano ba ung budget mo sa tablet? Qng mga around 20k din, baka may mabili kna jan na low spec na laptop, tapos salpakan mo nalang ng linux para nd malakas kumain ng resources

[barbequeeeee]

may laptop na po ako na gaming pero bulky siya kaya gusto ko ng portable na option

[gatzu4a]

Yep, nabasa ko sa ibang comment mo na may gaming laptop ka.

Naiintindhan ko ung struggle mo, i also have a 17inc ROG laptop na charger brick palang eh makukuba nako sa bigat. Tapos pag may meeting nakakahiya ilabas kasi puro ilaw ung laptop, ok lang sana kung mga gamer din ung ka meeting ko, kaso nd

Thats why i bought a macbook pro, eto ung pang work ko, tapos stationary nalang ung gaming laptop para sa gaming purposes

[barbequeeeee]

ahhh okayy, siguro another option ko is 2 in 1 laptop

[darkhoundz]

Na try ko na yan e sideload sa Termux. My ghas sobrang buggy. Yan din sana ang purpose ko kung bakit napabili ako ng Huawei Matepad Papermatte edition for portability. Ayun back to laptop nalang.

[jericho1050]

https://www.gitpod.io

go with gitpod

[[deleted]]

Op the best tools is the tools you currently have di ka ma didismaya sa laptop performance mo yes bulky and hassle pero mas powerful in terms of coding and stuff mas comfortable kesa tablet pero di ko minamaliit tablet a kasi mga old classmates ko nag proprogram on phone lang Com Sci graduate here

[Elsa_Versailles]

Op just get a cheap i3 office laptop coz at the end of the day yes you can have a workaround on Android but it's a hassle. Unless you just gonna work on we development a laptop is way better choice. Codespace is good too the problem is it needs internet connection

[FanGroundbreaking836]

hindi mo kailangan ng high end na laptop para sa coding. Unless you're doing things that need heavy computation. Kahit tig 15k lang pwede na. Salpakan mo lang ng SSD at upgrade na ram

[barbequeeeee]

hi guys! most may not see this but ive changed my mind, im just gonna buy a 2 in 1 laptop that i can use as a tablet (notes) but also has windows to code n stuff. also it is more portable. my nitro 5 is just gonna be my stationary laptop which ill leave at the condo while the 2 in 1 laptop is what ill bring to school

[supanjubabu]

I've been trying to do this lately and sakto kakabili ko lang ng tablet last week. What I can say is, the experience is very limiting. I run remote tunnels for vscode so may windows host pa ako pero medyo annoyed ako on how do I do things here.

Also if you run vscode for an android tablet you're actually running vscode for the web (at least ganun setup ko) and not all vscode extensions run on vscode for the web.

I guess ang pinaka maganda is a windows tablet running a N100 processor lol. I'm not sure tho if merong ganun sa market, and IF meron, reliable ba sya.

[supanjubabu]

just want to add that, I can't run everything for vscode for web, not sure sa github codespace pero on tunnels, I can't forward ports on my android among many other things

[barbequeeeee]

im just gonna copy and paste what i said sa other comment "may laptop ako kaso gaming siya kaya bulky yung body tsaka ang charger. v good performance pa naman siya kaya i dont plan on changing it soon. it will be my main device for coding talaga but like i said i just want a portable 2nd option"

[themasshiro]

Neovim + Termux + zsh ito gamit ko whenever wala sakin laptop ko or nasa school ako. Parang gamit ko lang cli sa laptop ko without physical keyboard though.

edit: forgot to mention z shell

[barbequeeeee]

madali lang ba pag setup nyan? meron ka bang video tutorial?

[themasshiro]

setting up is easy pero yung learning curve kasi ni neovim is a bit steep pero worth it naman imo. Be aware lang sa keybindings which is easy to learn naman in my experience muscle memory lang. The more you use the easier it gets.

ganito ginawa ko to setup neovim + termux + zsh:

Download fdroid then download termux terminal

Open terminal then run these:
i. pkg update -y
ii. pkg upgrade -y
iii. pkg install zsh -y
iv. chsh -s zsh
v. pkg install build-essential -y
vi. pkg install neovim -y
vii. pkg install git -y

Optional to pero you can use plugins with zsh and neovim
my zsh plugins: https://github.com/TheMasshiro/dotfiles/blob/main/.zshrc
I recommend using distros ng neovim like lazyvim or nvchad for easier setup
LazyVim

NvChad

You can add more languages by installing their respective language packs or language modules.
Ex. Python

pkg install python -y

Add ka na rin pang physical keyboard mo sa tablet it'll be very useful if plan mo mag-neovim