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Chris Shaffer
12,030 PointsA Free IDE for Treehousers
I thought you guys might like this. I use Codio's free service for following along with the lessons and found a way to make it really useful while watching the videos and coding.
Codio.com has a 100% free browser-based IDE with file hosting, etc. so that you can build your projects (free as long as they are open-source) from the start and have an easy place to test them out.
I created a shortcut for Chrome that will launch Codio in a "slimmed down" version of Chrome so you can focus on coding w/out the address/tabs/bookmarks bar.
If you're interested, you can copy/paste a shortcut to your desktop for Chrome then right-click and select Properties. On the "Target" line, after the quotes after chrome.exe, just add this (without quotes): --app=http://codio.com.
You can sign up for Codio for free.
If you like dark background editor in Treehouse lessons, use the "Ambience" theme in Codio. It auto-completes your tags, makes suggestions for valid values, such as in CSS where you might be using max-width: it will give a drop-down of good values.
Just a thought!
7 Answers
Saurabh Datta
1,042 Pointscheckout codiad...it's something you can throw in with your hosting space. It's a self-hosted version of codio
Chris Shaffer
12,030 PointsI like it. And they have a Linux version!
Saurabh Datta
1,042 Pointsthanks. there are a lot of these web based IDEs coming out now. Hey, do you know of any good windows-based IDEs? I've gone through sublime text, phpstorm, Netbeans...but haven't felt something that would be comfortable for long hours of coding. Anything similar to visual studio?
Chris Shaffer
12,030 PointsPersonally, I don't use one. I don't see any purpose for my uses. However, for Windows 8/8.1 there is a popular app-based IDE called Code Writer.
Other than lots of storage if you have a need for it with your development, I don't see an advantage to using an actual Windows application.
James Barnett
39,199 PointsReminds me of cloud9
Chris Shaffer
12,030 PointsI looked at cloud9, too, but their free offering didn't seem to be as robust as Codio. Admittedly, I have not used cloud9, so this is just my own speculation.
I like Codio for their extension options, like offering Box connections, any FTP/SSH connection, pulling assets directly from Dropbox, etc. I'm sure cloud9 allows this, but some services seem restrictive on this and seem to want to rope you into a paid plan based on storage use. Codio's stance is pretty straight-forward: so long as you project is open-source, it's free.
James Barnett
39,199 PointsSo I've been using Codio to work on a Joomla site, it's pretty awesome. I'm sold!
Chris Shaffer
12,030 PointsAwesome! Glad to hear you like Codio! Good timing, as it's just recently out of beta.