Will Developers Finally Start Coding On the iPad?

An anonymous reader writes "It's not so long since Apple silently dropped the restriction about iOS apps for programming — iPad owners can now code in Lua with Codea or with Python for iOS. Yesterday, a new app called Kodiak PHP brought another IDE to the iPad, this time for PHP coders. Pandodaily's Nathaniel Mott describes it as a full-blooded software development tool with comparison to other iOS apps. Cult of Mac reports that the demise of the Mac might be closer than we think, but are developers really ready to use the on-screen keyboard to do some serious work?"

Nope

[majesticmerc]

are developers really ready to use the on-screen keyboard to do some serious work?"

Speaking for my people, No.

Comprehensive List of Computing Advantages in iPad

[__aaltlg1547]

* It fits in my purse.

Re:Is it just me?

[Anonymous Coward]

Yes, it is just you who wants to shoot yourself.
Rational people merely want to shoot the authors of such stories.

Re:Seriously?

[Forty Two Tenfold]

Oh they will. As soon as Tim Cook does this. [google.com]

Re:No...

[muon-catalyzed]

Please, we need programs not apps. Stuff doesn't get done in crippled wooden UI half baked apps. Developers need things like functioning file system, interoperating programs, real task switching, stable kernel, yes, kernel that doesn't crash your 6 hour hard work without even flashing an error. On Linux or Windows you at least get an error and 1st party programs do not hard crash there. Can't really wait for Windows 8 and some solid hardware company like Lenovo or Sony to give me a real system worth coding on - a real tablet experience.

Emacs

[gentryx]

Not until there is an Emacs version available from the App Store.

Re:Emacs

[Nemyst]

How am I supposed to type C-x M-c M-butterfly on an iPad keyboard?

Re: bluetooth keyboard

[ThePeices]

Do "full blooded software development" and "PHP" belong in the same sentence?

Why yes, yes it does.

"Programming in PHP is not full blooded software development"

Whether that sentence is factually correct is a matter for discussion though.

Re: bluetooth keyboard

[Hazel Bergeron]

"Programming in PHP is not full blooded software development"

Whether that sentence is factually correct is not a matter for discussion though.

FTFY.

Re: bluetooth keyboard

[Glock27]

The iPad is irrelevant, soon to be eclipsed (no pun intended) by all things Android. Arguably, this has already happened.

Arguably, you are quite disconnected from reality. :-)

Re:Not enough screen pixels

[mug funky]

HERP HERP iPeerrd is teh cerrl yerr merrst beeuy eerrt.

Re:Not enough screen pixels

[robthebloke]

Hey, give the guy a break! You can't blame him for missing a few words here and there.... it's damned difficult to read slashdot in safari on the small screen of the iPad!