Who Needs an Online IDE - CodeProject

What would CodeProject have to do with an Online IDE?

Try an article about Linq to Fql with an online code example.

Who Needs an Online IDE - Amazon

How about an AWS Builder?

Try a live example of Amazon Web Services API usage:

1. EC2 Example

2. S3 Example

3. SimpleDB example

Who needs an online IDE - Facebook

Facebook delivered a great platform for third-party programmers to integrate their applications with. You can pretty much do anything Facebook does on their side using the Facebook API. There are some great tutorials out there on how to get started. Most of them will require a significant amount of reading, downloads, installations and configurations. To top that you need a hosting solution of your own, as facebook does not actually host your app, only the IFrame that is used to display it…

Now, wouldn’t it be nice if the “Start Now” button on the Facebook developers site would actually start an online IDE with a sample project? Wouldn't you be a "Run" click away from having your own customizable, hosted Facebook app?

Here's what I mean:

So, maybe Facebook still didn't make that button work as expected, but that doesn't mean its not possible...

Next up: "Who needs an online IDE - CodeProject"

Note: Presented in this blog are the writer's personal views and ideas, non of which implicate or represent any affiliation or endorsement by any of the above-mentioned commercial entities.

Who needs an online IDE? The answer!

For some peculiar reason Google stubbornly rates Zviki Cohen ‘s “who needs an online IDE” article as the top entry for “online ide” keyword search. I guess that’s where the page-rank algorithm stops making sense. It’s kinda like going into the store, asking for beer, and getting a brochure for Alcoholic Anonymous.  Seriously Larry, we know you can do better. 

 

So as an improved Turing test for the Google super computer, I actually bought the domain name www.whoneedsanonlineide.com – all bets now on who is going to show up first!

Now, since I DO have an opinion regarding this matter, I will follow with a few articles about who I believe needs an online IDE. Coming up:

“Who needs an online IDE – Facebook”

“Who needs an online IDE – CodeProject”

“Who needs an online IDE – Amazon Web Services”

“Who needs an online IDE – iPhone”

Stay tuned!