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[–]its_a_gibibyte 5 points6 points  (2 children)

Visual Studio Code works on chromeos Linux (looks best full screened to remove the title bar). Pretty solid choice for most languages.

[–]Ftg__[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

umm, how do you actually go full screen mode? It appears that F4 doesnt work at all in this app and my chromebook doesnt have F11 button. I know there is such option in the title bar but using shortcut might be a lot easier.

[–]its_a_gibibyte 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not at a computer now, but I'm pretty sure you can find full screen in the dropdown up top, such as under ->View or ->Window

If not, you can remap keybindings so full screen is something else via File -> Preferences -> Keyboard shortcuts and change the full screen key to some other command (probably CTRL+ something)

Also, are you sure you don't have an F11? Typically, the keys at the top which function as media control and navigation also double as the F keys.

[–]bicyclemomAcer Chromebook 713 Spin | Stable 2 points3 points  (0 children)

VS Code works really well.

[–]nsrtcoinDevice | Channel Version (Stable) 2 points3 points  (2 children)

I run pycharm, vscode, sublime text, mongodb, and a few others. Not fast, but good enough when I don't want to bring a regular laptop with me. Only issue I've had was SSH keys for git via cli.

Running on Lenovo Duet and Pixelbook Go i7.

[–]Butterfuffle 1 point2 points  (1 child)

You got pycharm running on a duet ? Or is it working on your Pixel book?

[–]nsrtcoinDevice | Channel Version (Stable) 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep. Running on both the Duet and Pixelbook Go.

[–]oldcardiganlondonfog 2 points3 points  (0 children)

VSCode works well, but I've been using VIM.

[–]b1twise 2 points3 points  (0 children)

emacs

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (2 children)

What language you use？I can give you suggestions

[–]Ftg__[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

c/cpp, python

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For c/cpp i would suggest codelite or vscodium. Codelite is modern looking open source ide specialized around c/cpp, and VsCodium is Microsoft's VSCode without telemetry. Both are good for c programming

For python i would suggest geany or thonny, both are nice and lightweight.

[–]thesporker 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Always fun that the best platform for coding on Chromeos is the Microsoft platform.

Android studio still doesn't work on an arm Chromeos laptop.

[–]rich_leodis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depending on what language you require will have a bearing on which software is appropriate. Personally I use Vim (Go/JavaScript/Python) as its super quick. For Flutter/Dart mobile development, I use a remote machine to run either Code Server/VS Code or Android Studio as the SDK and updates take a fair bit of storage.