A couple of weeks ago, researching options for remote pair programming I signed up to Cloud9... and I was quite (positively) surprised! They give you a full VM/container so you can play with a proper Terminal..
I only disliked one thing.. I couldn't install yeoman for scaffolding some apps.. I don't know why! I'll need more research...
Cloud9 also supports remote ssh workspaces which is very useful. The default workspace runs inside a container where you have root. They give you a public https route mapped to the container.
One of the ones I recall seeing (and can't remember) allowed you to use your own Digital Ocean/AWS instance instead of using theirs. I've also seen an old post on reddit suggesting a DIY instance of Codebox (https://github.com/CodeboxIDE/codebox) but it no longer appears to be updated.
Codio has been my favorite. Very great for web development. I used it for a couple years to program from chrome books!
However, their business model has shifted to a more education focus, so I can't say if they'll continue to focus as much on badass web development ide.
I would suggest checking out Codenvy (http://codenvy.com) they recently released a new On-Prem version built on Eclipse Che (http://www.eclipse.org/che). Che has made some big steps forward recently, if you haven't looked into it lately I would strongly suggest taking some time to check it out.
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I only disliked one thing.. I couldn't install yeoman for scaffolding some apps.. I don't know why! I'll need more research...
Thanks :)
I use it to code C++. It's nowhere near the levels of VS2015, obviously, but it allows me to have a free dev box in the cloud.
The others I've heard of are Koding (https://koding.com/features/solo#get-started), Codio (https://codio.com), and Runnable (https://runnable.io/, doesn't appear to be an IDE).