Worqshop
Dev tools
ipad code editor
SHOW HN2012
183points
73comments
#92of 1,677 in 2012
Top 6%of 2012 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
11 positive, 20 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 13 critical, out of 46 comments about the project. Thread score -0.06.
Idea: 5 for, 3 againstDesign: 2 for, 5 againstExecution: 2 for, 2 againstPricing: 1 for, 0 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Real working software, not slideware
From 1 comment
No, it's not lighttable, it's real working software that you can buy/use now, not slideware. Kudos to you.
josephcooney on HN
Useful for ssh-less iPad development with GitHub and Heroku
From 3 comments
This looks awesome! I've been casually looking for/thinking about something like this so that I could take my iPad and Bluetooth keyboard when traveling but still be able to get…
cpenner461 on HNApps like this make the iPad+keyboard a useful development tool.
thomasfl on HNWith CoffeeScript, this might be the tool to get me off a laptop and using tablets for real work. All our code is already on GitHub, with hosted Continuous Integration (Travis…
bergie on HN
Objections
Tablets are unsuited to real coding; a laptop is better
From 3 comments
Poor you, it is obvious that one needs a real keyboard to code, any touchscreen just won't let you type quick enough. The iPad is no good for any kind of authoring. I own one,…
hanswesterbeek on HNI would advise any CS student against tablets for the classroom. A laptop is much more productive: - A proper keyboard - Ability to install whatever applications required for the…
pjmlp on HNWhile I applaud the effort, I do not understand the motivation. When I want to develop something, I use a desktop or a notebook, and I'm never away from one long enough that I…
molossus on HN
Editor lacks key helpers and vim bindings
From 2 comments
In my opinion the biggest win Textastic has is the amazing key helpers atop of the keyboard: http://www.textasticapp.com/images/screenshot2.png. This is the killer feature of…
fcoury on HNThe one thing I always miss on iPad editors is VIM Binding support: Especially on the iPad, where making selections with your finger is a pain, it is so relieving to be able to…
terhechte on HN
Crashes when creating projects with empty GitHub repos
From 1 comment
Hi Alec, I'm sorry about this. Could you please send me an email. There is a bug where Worqshop crashes if you have empty projects on GitHub. It's a known issue and I'm fixing it…
donny on HN
Requests
Key helper row or custom keyboard
From 2 comments
Is there a custom keyboard like with iSSH: http://www.zinger-soft.com/support_g_3.html The problem is that certain punctuation symbols (: . { }) are used often and they require a…
veyron on HNWhat I really miss in this one is a key helper like the one Textastic brings: http://www.textasticapp.com/images/screenshot2.png. This feature alone made me buy the app.
fcoury on HN
Vim keybindings
From 1 comment
The one thing I always miss on iPad editors is VIM Binding support: Especially on the iPad, where making selections with your finger is a pain, it is so relieving to be able to…
terhechte on HN
Syntax highlighting for more languages such as PHP and C
From 4 comments
This looks lovely! Nicely done. Big question that I couldn't see an answer to in the screenshots: how do you tab? Also, is there any chance of custom syntax highlighting for…
benwerd on HNProbably good to add PHP ; although it's cursing here on HN, a lot of people use that language and will not use this if not supported.
tluyben2 on HNThink about students in CS classes who already have their textbooks on their iPads but need to lug around a notebook just for some trivial coding. IMO this might be an…
DeepDuh on HNWhat about C? If not remote compilation/execution, then at least syntax highlighting? I guess the obvious thing otherwise would be iSSH to your own GNU/Linux box and Emacs
plg on HN
Server-side code execution
From 1 comment
Most probably after this, I'll add server side execution (since Apple doesn't allow execution of downloaded code on iPad) Thus, you can run Python, Ruby, etc from the iPad.…
donny on HN
Questions
Does it work with non-GitHub repos such as BitBucket
From 1 comment
Does this work with any Git repo or just GitHub? I've been using BitBucket recently for free private repos.
geekfactor on HN
How tabs are typed
From 2 comments
This looks lovely! Nicely done. Big question that I couldn't see an answer to in the screenshots: how do you tab? Also, is there any chance of custom syntax highlighting for…
benwerd on HNHow do you type a tab into the text editor?
biot on HN
Alternatives named
Textastic
From 2 comments
How does it compares with textastic http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/textastic-code-editor/id383577124?mt=8
theone on HNAt a glance (not having used either one yet) it looks like textastic has more connectivity options (sftp, WebDAV) but lacks deployment integration like this one has. IOW it seems…
cpenner461 on HN
iSSH
From 2 comments
Is there a custom keyboard like with iSSH: http://www.zinger-soft.com/support_g_3.html The problem is that certain punctuation symbols (: . { }) are used often and they require a…
veyron on HNThe one thing I always miss on iPad editors is VIM Binding support: Especially on the iPad, where making selections with your finger is a pain, it is so relieving to be able to…
terhechte on HN
Cloud9
From 1 comment
How does it compare to Cloud9?
tferris on HN
Codea
From 1 comment
Have you seen Codea (nee Codify)? It implements what looks like the standard keyboard with an extra row on top containing things like parenthesis, quotes, tab and left/right…
cubicle67 on HN