Web Application Development on a Chromebook 11?

7 points by redrory 12y ago ↗ HN

I'm currently using a Macbook Pro, which I love. I have little to no issues, however the Chromebook 11 looks great and I'm considering a smaller machine. This won't be full time change, as I know some of the limitations.

However I'll love to hear some persons' experiences who have used or currently use a Chromebook for development.

Currently I use- Sublime Text & iTerm2

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cyberpanther 12y ago ↗

I've been developing on Chromebook for over a year using https://www.neutrondrive.com/

You can store and edit code on Google Drive or connect it to a development server to run your code.

gnagatomo 12y ago ↗

Enabling Dev Tools Experiments makes chrome a good front-end editor http://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/developertools/revolu...

amerkhalid 12y ago ↗

I have been using ShiftEdit(https://shiftedit.net/) & secure shell extention (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/secure-shell/pnhec...).

This setup works great. Only thing I miss is debugger.

groundCode 12y ago ↗

I use one and find it pretty good. I go between crouton with xfce for development using vim or using nitrous.io in the browser. I mostly use the setup for angular or python coding.

I'm pretty happy with nitrous, I do kind of find the context switching a bit strange in that I can have browser tabs open and tabs in nitrous open - ctrl-tab obvious changes the browser tab, but my brain, when I'm editing code in a tabbed environment, still sometimes expects the code editor to switch tabs. Still, I have to say I ran an experiment on nitrous and if Vim is more your thing, you can actually run a shell inside the browser and fire up vim.

tommaxwell 12y ago ↗

I use an older HP 14" Chromebook for my web development (Rails, JS, etc) and enjoy it. Most of the time I use Nitrous.io, but it annoyingly disconnects a lot. Other than that love the simple setup.

citruspi 12y ago ↗

I do 80% of my programming on my Chromebook... kinda.

I enabled developer mode on my Chromebook and I SSH into another machine I have set up. From there I use tmux and vim.

Essentially, my workflow is as such:

1. SSH into the server

2. Attach to tmux session

3. Code

4. Detach from tmux session

5. Logout from the server

You can set up a machine at home to use or even rent a $5 VPS. You could even SSH into your current machine.