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Awesome. There's no question that this is what the future of mobile development looks like.

This is pretty cool, but why the heck would I want to develop on the platform I am developing for? We've had cross compilers for the last 30+ years and they have served us well. I don't want to use a crappy on screen keyboard and an environment that doesn't have all my tools for 10 hours a day. It's not healthy and it's not productive. How is it even better than the status quo?

Clearly op was being sarcastic.

Edit: just tried the app. Honestly, its miles more comfortable than I had first assumed. I might actually use this.

Does anyone know if there is a way to use git on android?

TerminalIDE includes git. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spartacusr...

AGit is a standalone git client ($2.50). https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.madgag.agi...

The source for AGit is on github. https://github.com/rtyley/agit

It's true. You know those times you're away from the laptop/in bed, and you're thinking hard about a certain platform bug? Well now you can just whip out your phone and test it out. It's not a full blown solution, but it is convenient. And it will only get better.

You can use a Bluetooth keyboard with an Android tablet.

Or an Android phone with ICS :).

That's good to know; the "Missing Bluetooth HID Profile" bug is still open:

http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=9708

Disregarding that the original comment was probably sarcastic.

I agree with what you say but I think developing this kind of software is a great idea, nobody knows exactly where the future in technology is taking us but it is not so crazy to think that the mobile phone will replace the PC, the way I see it, in a not so distant future, you might be connecting a mobile device to a screen, keyboard and mouse and you'll use it as a PC, so making IDEs for mobile might be the future.

This is of course just me guessing, and there is one more side to consider: it might be more likely that mobile devices become powerful enough to actually use the same software we use on our desktop.

I disclaim again that this is my opinion.

I can already connect my Droid 3 to HDMI monitor input and a bluetooth keyboard (actually Droid 3 keyboard is not too bad for development , I used VI many times via ConnectBot app). In the future, it will become only better: you will just put your phone next to the monitor and the keyboard, with no cables, and it will be like today's PC.

I was actually looking for this just for fun... The grandfather of all modern touch interface, Palm OS, had a bunch of different tools to also allow working on PalmOS apps. We now have better keyboards, better screens (2-3x resolution), can't imagine why not for the occasional fun project, tweak or demo...

I would go so far as to say that this a glimpse of the future of all development. Changing paradigms in user software on the mobile front might result in similar changes for power users / developers as well. Simpler UIs, cloud-storage, less need to care about file types, etc. Most developers right now would claim to hate such a system for writing code, but I bet it will represent much of the future of development.

Simplicity in the environment will result in faster, higher-quality development.

I can believe that we'll develop software on tablets in future, but I find it hard to believe that that future looks like a heavily cut down version of the eclipse text editor.

Yep, perfect way for developers working from home in their 160 sq foot apartments in San Francisco to revolutionize the way mobile software is being developed.

http://www.berkeleyside.com/2012/03/08/berkeley-developer-se...

Yes I am being sarcastic ;<).

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