Codr.cc
Dev tools
collaborative code editor
SHOW HN2011
How HN took it
8 positive, 18 neutral or asking, 5 mixed, 11 critical, out of 42 comments about the project. Thread score -0.02.
Execution: 2 for, 8 againstIdea: 4 for, 0 againstDesign: 1 for, 2 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Real-time collaborative editing is useful and simple
From 3 comments
I really like the idea and implementation. Its pretty neat for collaborative code editing and much better for editing code then etherpad or google docs. I think this should be…
mrud on HNVery, very nice! This is going to replace Etherpad for us when interviewing. Thank you for building this. Some notes: * Tab defaults to 8 spaces. Ughh, can it be 4? *…
old-gregg on HNI love it :) It would be fantastic if a site like this also supported categorizing code snippets the way gists on guthub work, and were searchable.
windsurfer on HN
Clean interface, usable on iPad
From 2 comments
I would love support for Markdown syntax highlighting. I know the language itself provides visual clues for structure, but some light formatting say for headlines is nice. I…
8ig8 on HNFirst impressions: - Pretty nice. It's something I might use. - Scrolling is a bit choppy (OS X Chrome). I'm not a fan of re-inventing scroll bars. - I wish the meta info was…
jkkramer on HN
Objections
Syntax highlighting was buggy for several languages, now mostly fixed
From 5 comments
Looks nice. On the read-only version of the page, placing the cursor and hitting "enter" adds newlines. They don't show up in anyone else's session AFAICT, but it's a little…
kwantam on HNC/C++ highlighting is also a bit underwhelming; it's only coloring constants, comments, and strings. Kewords, precompiler directives, etc are ignored.
spydez on HNI think you could stand to improve the c/cpp highlighting. Found this code using google code search for main.cpp, it is not mine: http://codr.cc/s/1cb504a3/cpp compare with…
Batsu on HNGreat work! P.s. real-time syntax highlighting is not working for me
rpedroso on HNPHP highlighting not working for me ... ``` <?php if ( isset ( $_POST['var'] ) === true ) { echo 'bar'; } ?> ```
CWIZO on HN
Collaborative editing lets people overwrite each other's lines and cursors jump
From 3 comments
There have been a few of these made — I remember ethercodes, which probably came closest to replicating what this is doing. Right now, as a collaborative editing tool, it doesn't…
avree on HNI like it, but I would personally recommend locking on a line level. I shouldn't be able to hold backspace on the same line my collaborators are editing IMO. Another added bonus…
jqueryin on HNI would love to use this, very nice work. I have one problem with it though, is that everyone's cursor appears to jump to the same spot when someone makes a change. This makes it…
sorensen on HN
Scrolling is laggy and search only covers visible text
From 3 comments
First impressions: - Pretty nice. It's something I might use. - Scrolling is a bit choppy (OS X Chrome). I'm not a fan of re-inventing scroll bars. - I wish the meta info was…
jkkramer on HNYou should've used the standard scrolling. Search doesn't work if the text is not in the current view. So you can only really search what's on the current page.
rorrr on HNAnd the current scrolling is really laggy. Love the product otherwise.
jorde on HN
Requests
More language support such as Scala, Clojure, Markdown
From 3 comments
Nice, but your js is broken if you write it without semicolons at the end. Also any chance of Scala support?
tomjen3 on HNFirst impressions: - Pretty nice. It's something I might use. - Scrolling is a bit choppy (OS X Chrome). I'm not a fan of re-inventing scroll bars. - I wish the meta info was…
jkkramer on HNI would love support for Markdown syntax highlighting. I know the language itself provides visual clues for structure, but some light formatting say for headlines is nice. I…
8ig8 on HN
API or command-line tool
From 2 comments
I really like the idea and implementation. Its pretty neat for collaborative code editing and much better for editing code then etherpad or google docs. I think this should be…
mrud on HNThose are some very interesting ideas, I especially find the similar snippet lookup thing. However, for that particular one a more robust database of snippets would probably be…
jmonegro on HN
Live render or preview mode
From 1 comment
Love it! Could you have an extension of /preview or /render that would render the page live on the broadcast side. This would be great for teaching/demos. Even better if they can…
crjones on HN
Tab width and indentation settings
From 1 comment
Very, very nice! This is going to replace Etherpad for us when interviewing. Thank you for building this. Some notes: * Tab defaults to 8 spaces. Ughh, can it be 4? *…
old-gregg on HN
Questions
How is privacy handled for sensitive code
From 1 comment
this is great. what about privacy? sometimes I care where the code ends up since sometime's I working on other people's stuff
edge17 on HN
How are conflicts handled between editors
From 2 comments
> Drag and drop a file from your computer into Codr, and we'll read it's contents and paste it over for you. Should be "its". Out of curiosity, how complex is the code to deal…
comex on HNNice work. Do you use operational transformation to manage changes?
freyrs3 on HN
Alternatives named
Etherpad
From 1 comment
Very, very nice! This is going to replace Etherpad for us when interviewing. Thank you for building this. Some notes: * Tab defaults to 8 spaces. Ughh, can it be 4? *…
old-gregg on HN
Ethercodes
From 1 comment
There have been a few of these made — I remember ethercodes, which probably came closest to replicating what this is doing. Right now, as a collaborative editing tool, it doesn't…
avree on HN
Gobby
From 1 comment
I've used Gobby[1] for local networked collaborative code editing, but it's nice to see something online. It would be fantastic if this linked up with Github for storage. 1.…
tomkinstinch on HN
paste.pocoo.org
From 1 comment
I really like the idea and implementation. Its pretty neat for collaborative code editing and much better for editing code then etherpad or google docs. I think this should be…
mrud on HN
ideone
From 1 comment
HTML is the easy part, but maybe consider extending it like http://ideone.com/ an online compile service. Or maybe combine it though i am not sure if ideone.com offers an API.
mrud on HN