Compilr
Dev tools
online ide
SHOW HN2011
24points
36comments
#435of 1,097 in 2011
Top 40%of 2011 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
5 positive, 7 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 3 critical, out of 18 comments about the project. Thread score +0.05.
Idea: 4 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 2 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Syntax highlighting design is fast and clever
From 1 comment
The design for syntax highlighting is pretty clever, and makes that feature much more responsive than most in-browser editors. The current line is always black text on a light…
jam on HN
Useful for coding from any machine and pair programming
From 2 comments
I think there are some interesting upsides.. I already really love collaborating with GitHub.. the opportunity to take things a step further, pair-program remotely, or fix a unit…
famousactress on HNI think this has a ton of potential. Coding is one of the few things now that I don't do directly in the cloud, and keeping my various systems' development environments up to…
cameronh90 on HN
Objections
Slow and buggy, long load times
From 2 comments
Great site, though things are running a little sluggish for me. The homepage took a good ~30 second to load for me.
kin on HNSo far (a) it's super buggy (e.g. clicking on one of "my projects" sent me to someone else's project of the same name). (b) it's very slow (it took something like a minute just…
podperson on HN
Cannot run PHP, C++ or Ruby code yet
From 2 comments
At the moment PHP, C++ and Ruby can not be compiled or executed. All three require a substantial backend, but we are working on it.
phankinson on HNIs there any way that the code can be run? If I write some php code can I run it somewhere? This is only a text editor with highlighting? It would be cool if it had everything…
givan on HN
Skeptical about writing code online and security
From 1 comment
Congratulations. As a developer, I am still a bit skeptical about writing codes online. Still I will take a look. Again, congratulations. Oh btw, have you ever written about your…
autalpha on HN
Requests
Source control integration
From 2 comments
Does it have source control integration? I've got to believe it does, otherwise you would not have so many users, but I found no info about it...
synnik on HNThat is true. I know someone else brought up integration with version control systems (Edit: I see from the blog it's something they're working towards). Furthermore, I'm curious…
axxl on HN
Python support
From 1 comment
Any plans for python support?
bigsassy on HN
Help page and video tutorials
From 2 comments
Why is there no FAQ / Help page. I was looking around to figure if the site helps to run / debug as well. After 10 minutes of searching, i was still not able to locate this…
unohoo on HNI can see myself using such a web based IDE. However, I dont know what I'm buying at compilr. There is no demo of the product. How it works? a video presentation or screenshot…
srik1234 on HN
Team collaboration and live editing sessions
From 1 comment
I think this has a ton of potential. Coding is one of the few things now that I don't do directly in the cloud, and keeping my various systems' development environments up to…
cameronh90 on HN
Questions
Can code be run and debugged in the browser
From 2 comments
Is there any way that the code can be run? If I write some php code can I run it somewhere? This is only a text editor with highlighting? It would be cool if it had everything…
givan on HNSo far (a) it's super buggy (e.g. clicking on one of "my projects" sent me to someone else's project of the same name). (b) it's very slow (it took something like a minute just…
podperson on HN
What problem does it solve over a regular IDE
From 1 comment
I'm trying to figure out the advantages of this over a regular IDE, etc. Simply the fact that it's all on the cloud? What problem are you trying to solve? (I don't mean to sound…
axxl on HN
Alternatives named
Bespin/Skywriter editor
From 1 comment
I think this has a ton of potential. Coding is one of the few things now that I don't do directly in the cloud, and keeping my various systems' development environments up to…
cameronh90 on HN
Ideone paste site
From 1 comment
This is another great idea. It would be cool to create a sort of paste bin like ideone.
phankinson on HN