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Ask HN: Going offline 15 days with an iPad. How to code?

11 points by sylvinus ↗ HN
Carrying only an iPad and maybe a Bluetooth keyboard. I've found http://textasticapp.com but I'm really missing git integration. So I've put a couple repositories on Dropbox. Any advice on a better setup for doing some simple webdev work?

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mikiane
A big breath at 6000 feets is perfect to come back fresh & ready for work. Forget about the ipads & bluetooth keyboards, but take your icebreaker sweat-shirt, you'll need it this time!
jabo
Remote into your laptop/desktop with the iSSH app!
sylvinus
That would be nice however I'll be offline 99% of the time!
geedee77
Pen and paper (or iPad equivalent)?
ontouchstart
Jailbreak it and then you can have iFile, git, php, ruby, vim, lighttpd ... You do need an SSH client to get into the shell. I use iSSH.

I use this setup to code in CoffeeScript offline on the train.

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