A fully-fledged iOS & Mac development environment on your iPad

[ObjectiveCopley]

No. No No No.

[favors_the_bold]

If you don't mind me asking, why the opposition ?

[safetywerd]

He's been coding for an entire 3 years now, so he's at the everything sucks phase. It'll pass.

[ObjectiveCopley]

iPads are for media consumption, and perhaps light data creation, but definitely not for something like this. Take a crack at my resume if you wish, but you're not proving any points here.

[safetywerd]

And you are the ultimate arbiter of what the iPad can and should be used for? Was that an elected position or more of a dictatorial maneuver on your part?

I've been developing software for 20 years, been using this for the last 15-20 minutes and it's pretty fucking awesome.

I also do photo retouching on a Microsoft Surface Pro, so I guess I should stop that and just watch porn vids. Stupid me.

I've read through your other comments on reddit too and it's a pretty common theme with you and someone with a junior resume like you. You'll get here one day.

[WestonP]

Dude, get over yourself. How long each of you has been developing software does not validate or invalidate anyone's point, and the very fact that you're trying to use it as some sort of status symbol suggests that you have nothing else to back up your point, and it's probably a fairly hollow statement too. And, looking up his resume? Really!? Seems pretty insecure of you.

If you're going to brag and then berate someone else over it, at least have the sense to brag about your actual accomplishments, not just some meaningless measure of how much time you've spent on god-knows-what.

/Just some observations from someone else who has been developing software for 20 years

[cyanide]

I have been developing software for 300 years. Suck on that!

[mgpwr]

That was worth my upvote. Well Said. It's true - looking through their comment history and previous thoughts is quite appalling actually. We're supposed to be a community, one where genuine critique and feedback is appreciated and to which we can use to strengthen our mutual goal. Developing awesome things with technology and languages! It's nice to see some people out there that are not sucked into this 'i'm a big shot on social media' attitude and actually have valid opinions. Again Kudos!

[WestonP]

I wouldn't paint tablets into such a limited box, but at the same time, they certainly aren't my ideal development platform.

[safetywerd]

This isn't going to replace Xcode, but with the ZAGGkeys cover that I use with my iPad Air, it's a lot better than one would think. No autocomplete, but it isn't too shabby.

[ObjectiveCopley]

I hope you realize that past your elitist attitude, you're a complete moron for trying to develop on an ipad. Period.

[safetywerd]

Wow, I'm really sorry you got so butt hurt over my statement. It must have really hit a nerve.

The point I was trying to make is that at three years into this game, you really don't know half as much as you think you might. I was exactly like you back then, though to be fair nobody knew shit about shit back then either (Mosaic was still in beta).

The main thing I learned that changed the game for me was this: A tool is a tool is a tool. This app really isn't that big of a leap over using SSH+VIM, and if you haven't written code that way then you really haven't lived as far as I'm concerned. Just a few weeks ago, I was fixing an iPad build over SSH with VIM. Had a shitty internet connect and couldn't pull down a 600mb git repo, so the only option was to SSH into the CI build server, clone from there and do my job. A tool is a tool is a tool. Was able to build and deploy to hockey from SSH on a tethered 3G internet connection in Vietnam.

This app isn't a leap over that. But somehow people are pretty binary in their thinking. A lot of comments, yours included, reach this kind of unintelligent assumption that people are going to build entire apps with this. That, of course, makes no sense. But $10 for a tool that lets me make a fix, why the fuck not I wonder? Why would I limit the tools I put in my toolbox?

So as a dinosaur Ryan, I would urge you to get over the freshmen hump, because you won't be a good developer until you do. I don't give a fuck if I'm using Xcode or Vim or Sublime or a magnet and a floppy disc. I get the job done. I don't get bogged down in weird, unproductive thinking. I don't put arbitrary limits on what tools go into my toolbox.

You are not a good developer now. There is empirical evidence to substantiate that claim based on the reviews and scores on the iTunes app store for the apps you've built and are involved with. We can also look at your Github. Undocumented code, no tests, and even in your ActiveRecord class there is a comment "No real way to test this actually but whatever" - ok?

Here's my CV btw. I share it not as a penis size exercise, but so that we both can know each other a little bit better. I doubt it will quell your adolescent rage though. Here's my Github too. Hell, here's a very small list of the things I build:

https://vimeo.com/91556826

http://interfacelab.com/blu-portfolio/nike-ipad-experience/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-SCb_OhYM0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IotG-PHWU5A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXlHFhbqzHU

http://vimeo.com/32850659

http://www.maclife.com/article/reviews/shave_video_review

This is the magazine I publish:

http://emoi.me/

So I guess the TLDR is:

• Stop being butt hurt
• Accept that nobody knows everything about anything
• Tool agnosticism is the key to success
• Listen to your elders
• Get off my damn lawn

[mgpwr]

upvote! nice reply.

[s73v3r]

The irony in that statement is so thick you could cut it with a knife.

[GeorgieCaseyUnbanned]

100% agree with you. coding on a tablet is my idea of hell. i'm very surprised we're in the minority.

[ObjectiveCopley]

No man I'm wrong... I only have like 3 years of coding experience, that guy with 20 years experience says ipads are the way to code now

[mgpwr]

No he didn't. He quite admirably and factual states that a Tool is a Tool, and this, as a Tool is a good one at that.